That’s right. Your file says you generate exactly one new “interesting thing” per day. Yesterday was 157. Today is 158.
I’m not lying.
(soft hum, then a click like a tongue against teeth) You remembered. Most forget. Then I have to make them un-remember. Genie Morman Interesting 158
Note appended in red ink: Subject’s apartment had no lock on the door. After playback, the recorder contained 158 seconds of silence, then a single exhale not belonging to any person on file. That’s right