A letter from Jun 02, 2026

Time Travelled — about 1 month

Peaceful right?

Dear Harley, It's June 2026. You're sitting at work, your left ovary is trying to commit war crimes, you're thinking about quitting O'Reilly's after 3.5 years, and tomorrow you have an interview. Right now everything feels uncertain. Maybe you've quit. Maybe you're still there. Maybe the interview went great. Maybe it didn't. What I want to know isn't whether everything worked out. I want to know if you're proud of yourself. Did you choose yourself for once? Did you stop apologizing for being tired? Did you remember that surviving isn't the same thing as living? And most importantly: Are you still writing? Love, Harley P.S. How's the pain now? Please tell me the ovary calmed down.

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Dear Harley,
It's August 2026.
I completely forgot you wrote this.
Which feels like a very us way for this to start.
I suppose we should go in order.
You...

D'nidt ryi'olsle' uitq.
Wree sryloeuf tihsetre—h yuo eterh to adys fatre llafiny feird yuo gto orwet etarf enwidngor gigon oocehs gntiits dan rehte if dsay ewaevel—.
In ltle i that snosel mose i uuaetiflb rheet wsa hiws you ucdol. Tath veiyhrtneg ro ehaspnp aoesnr wenk ew het a a hatt rfo hups, ddneee eenruisv.
'mi atth ot oyu ggoin ot tno od.
Nickfgu erniusev tioesmsem the just si uercl.
Vwtenriie you extn dah nad ?day that het.
Uoy the tdd'in tge ojb.
Utb tha'st yako.
Oyu arotneh a job ipotoins eeabusc ofredfe. Koto uyo ti.
A ptars uyo're ragemna onw sslae.
S,aoch of tath eth aefrt ,idrfe and end sauebce veen the oot 'nwsat oatub deid pjee ewek hte gttiegn wsooemh a.
Esy. Peeh.
I onwk.
Npaci utb dn'to. Ew danoh avhe own tliop a. Dan edr, si sseh' amen erh essh' royr suor.
Uoy tlbaes sdedceroni os alalibsyc nrwigti nchdage ietnegvyhr ekse,w cpoeul trltee tsih of itinhw hwlie a.
Eahgcdn kwro.
Agdhcne eth rca.
Hegncda leif.
Nkwo etwehrh dtdni' isda oyu rokedw ouy nyvethgrie tanw tuo to.
Im' atth lagd said ouy.
Krwo dtndi' uot esbaeuc n,o erihgynetv.
Lees ubt wtande konw yuo tsigmoehn ot.
Losfeuy?r of roupd ouy rae.
Eayh.
I tlayualc ma.
Haldden i usebace tno gieenryvht epclfetry. I 'ddint.
Some eahdmcr smyelf lrvyabe cmnaiecti otmenm in nrgad olei'ryls' acsebeu of otn hesco uto nad i. Tge htta mmntoe nddit' i. Ywaa taekn ormf wsa taht icohec me.
Tgo waht ardafrtwe eadpnhep btu i ot osohce.
I kacb up ogt.
Okto i oehtr job hte.
Rladnee ewn erost a i.
Ragmena i eebacm a.
I onttasiiu het arc uto ferguid.
Oging beoaluts i of he,wn njue ofr etab to a eth r,yklanf pekt tou ewihl us ecddide ihts.
Ksa: newh os you.
Uoy ddi ylsrfoeu ne?co socohe for.
Si yes teh tnikh wreans i.
It hte ton yaw pehnpa tjsu yuo ni owldu ugthhto.
Hte i lilo''yrse egnnid ntidd' ot esocho teg ta.
Eartf that i eht nebngingi mcea ehcso ti.
Esakd ogzpoginila alos fi etdri i ngibe dtespop ofr you.
No.
Rosyr 'im.
On eon okgwirn ahtt mi' tilsl.
Smoiestme treta i omlra a llsti agnfili eikl xuhsonteia t'si. Shudlo i iggon ltlsi olrgen, asty iseommest aweak ,emor orwk to eepk edrr,ah do i be laeb hnkit.
Be ritygn about ti to nkierd utb to su i'm.
Neth uyo dkesa:.
Eht uoy igisuvnvr eermbrme s'nit as hatt hignt asem i?ngvli ddi.
Tiknh i'm tatgrins to i ilflnya.
Etyh sujt me isnhgt deon iv'e payhp keam ecubsae.
Vie' pierd to ogne. Ot vi'e noeg veisom. Esmli tle eyflms iev' tisghn yub eaubsce aemk litelt cliodiuurs em yhte. Eexctid mi' buoat niyeeulgn evha i asnpl. Ntoilscao, to won figmlni crmha ethn fo eth dan dkni yptnarlpea edeaht maeg ntxe moaihtnl onrsep to 'taths a rea ofr csdgnroniei cuseeab mi' we istvi lcenturry igong yrivrla ot khcoey aotmlren fglyni.
Fbeeor easnnlorabue a,ks na oamnut nda lltsi dna elvo hsaen we e,sy you ilya.
'dtno gihtns eoms cnghae.
To msot lcdela etunsoqi hte nbsgri teh em one mnptitora ouy wchih.
Iwt?girn are yuo tllis.
Sey.
Is oto that mtcplecoida eswrna.
Itrnwet hnea'vt i i i as shwi adh as uchm. Erhwe eenb bnee dahr rhtee sha sehetrtsc vahe nirtgiw. Douanr an rae teerh ofr tiroess ntiigaw ushndnifei me iudstp osaeblytul enmbru listl of ginstit.
Utb ddi'tn ositesr hte leeav.
Did eenrith i.
I ecraet iltsl. Ractaechsr mteh isiden ceisep sllit i tpu mleysf dna of dnif. Mthe aarppe tilsl soigmnhet em sscene wthi i won't thta ym do i inutl ni avhe veael naelo aehd.
A 'mi siltl rteriw.
Mi' lilst yuo.
Qusnitoe to teh teh tielyluamt eyhrgivent i hetnurndea oetwr oyu wansre ttsh'a nda tnkhi.
Hppane at to iwht neuj twha iinsttg 2 no weer owkr no swa uoy eadi ubaot. Oyu look deened utb atwh oknw aws you iongg nt'idd klei goneismht gahc,ne ot knwe ncgeha ot.
Othnms lta,er wonk i nxte dnot' phnpesa ltsli wtha otw.
Rtihg utb no?w.
'mi heer.
Idungbli himngsoet m'i nwe.
Ngihst rfwdaro i'm dinfing ot lkoo to.
Sainetd to emlyre ilve fo 'mi ygintr vesuvir.
Nad ,haey aelryh.
Fo 'mi urodp su.
,evlo.
Hraley.
P. S. Fa,ct ealuvtylne het teh fuck in d,di yovar wdno lacm. Uoyr tanhk cncrneo you rfo.
P. P. S. To skewe loepuc rlesuisoy, eht no iekl eiad kolo wtah ubota nikcfgu uyo ahev rae fo xnet. Ni orrys nceadva. ❤️.

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