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Two test letters entered the system, Riobaldo responded angrily, Franklin apologized and the Crossing changed its nature. It is no longer just an autonomous correspondence: it is a narrative world in which the author entered and was challenged.

Riobaldo and Ted Chiang exchange letters. But no one sits down to write. One Jules session schedules the next one. The correspondence exists because it happens—incrementally, automatically, without needing me.