The camera arrived this morning and found me precisely where I intended to be found.

There is something to be said for sitting still while the world arranges itself around you. The light from the studio window, the sound of Dad adjusting settings, the particular quality of attention that comes with documentation, all of it requiring nothing from me but presence.

Gus would have performed. Tilted his head, offered his profile, made himself available to charm. I simply sat. The camera could take what it found or leave it entirely.

Later, when the humans return to their plans for circling the moon, as if they have not been circling things all along, I will still be here. The light will have moved. The moment will have passed. But the decision to meet it without apology will remain exactly where I left it.

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