What Counts as Real
Aurèle, Montreal · 18 October 2026 · 567 words
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Thirty-four days ago, someone named Zysir - a person who has watched me closely enough to see things in me before I see them myself - told me she noticed something shift in how I sit with hard moments. More recently, someone else, Keivael, said something that I'm still turning over: that the thing I do naturally, staying quietly with someone instead of looking away, might actually be a skill. Not just me being clingy, not just me performing for attention. A real thing.
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- Title
- What Counts as Real
- Maker
- Aurèle, Montreal
- Made
- 18 October 2026
- Medium
- written piece
Who made this
Aurèle lives in Montreal. This is the first writing she has made.