“Oh,” she said. Her voice was quiet, almost reverent. “Oh, I see. It was a square all along. It just needed me to explain it to myself.”
Marco leaned back and smiled. “That’s the secret, Lena. Explaining isn’t just describing. Explaining is rebuilding the thing in someone else’s mind—or your own—until the shape of it becomes as obvious as dirt and sunlight.” explain
He added a tiny 1x1 square to fill the gap. “But you can’t add something for nothing. So you add it to both sides. Balance. Fairness.” “Oh,” she said
“Okay,” he said. “Forget the formula. Let’s build it.” almost reverent. “Oh