I put the coffee down on something.

I remember that clearly and I do not remember what it was.

What came out over the next forty minutes, in pieces, with four people interrupting and Teddy eventually taking over and making everybody sit down, was this.

At twelve, Willa found Maren Ostlund on the internet in about eleven minutes, which is how long it takes, and messaged her.

Maren answered in two days.