GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

Questions were expected. Failure was not a reason to stop; it was information.

I kept the pocket watch beside my laptop while I worked.

Tick.

Test.

Adjust.

Try again.

During my second year, I met Grace after she found me asleep beside a half-assembled prototype in a robotics laboratory.

She nudged my shoe with hers.

“You know there are beds in this city.”

I continue reading …