#27. Still in Beta.
She corrected the angle of paintings in other people’s houses.
Not control, exactly – more the fragile tilt of walls briefly steadied.
The chair judged her manner as blunt.
The window mistook her for weather.
The floor, which had carried her the longest, said nothing.
The machine, still in beta, sent a word for it.
It was accurate, yet it fell short of her measure.
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