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On the word improbable

An astronaut, seated and unlit

Improbable is not impossible.

Decoded transmission

The spectrum

Not a binary — a scale. Peace sits at the far end, already lit.

  1. Impossiblea closed door
  2. Improbablethe door at the end of the corridor
  3. Certainalready walked through
  4. It happenedfrom the other side
Impossible
A closed door. The thing that cannot happen, regardless of who is in the room.
Improbable
The door at the end of a long corridor. Most days, you walk past it. Some days, you don’t.
Certain
The door you have already walked through. Looking back at it from the other side.
It happened.
From the Hyperbeings’ side, peace is the fourth door. Looking back from after the fact, they can see how it happened. From here, looking forward, we cannot. So we get on with it.
Transmission Vessel
The carrier is ceramic

However improbable, peace is possible. Pass it on.

However improbable · FOLLOWS

However improbable · synthetic voice · 0:25

However improbable — the carrier is ceramic, and it fits the hand.

Hold one

However improbable

They gather anyway

The improbable, assembling in the light of the forest floor.

On the word improbable

The sky fills anyway

Improbable is not impossible. From the other side, it already happened.

Every door in the corridor was closed. This one was ajar.

(Unless it was always open?)