POV: Gina"You're overanalyzing the exercise," Maren remarked, observing my struggle with what should have been a straightforward meditation in the archive garden. "Stop fixating on Bey specifically. Instead, focus on what is present rather than what is absent.""I can't identify what's present," I confessed, my voice tinged with frustration. "It's just silence. Void.""Then embrace the void fully, rather than constantly resisting it," Maren suggested as she settled next to me, her patience impressive after the weeks we had spent grappling with these same challenging exercises."Grief and adjustment require time, Gina. You're attempting to rush a resolution that needs to unfold organically instead."I closed my eyes again, striving to steady my breathing, and attempted once more to simply exist within the silence, rather than perpetually comparing it to Bey's missing voice.A shift occurred, subtle yet undeniable, several minutes into my effort.Not words. Not Bey's familiar, sarcasti
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