Story spine
These beats sit inside one story of two bros in bro-on-bro support, paying it forward and testing the fabric of reality as a question, with remembrance and gratitude — including Family vigil for Tyler’s mother — running through the path.
Story beats
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Monday work call
The following Monday, I opened my work laptop to give my manager an update.
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Missed call
When I got off the Zoom meeting, I had a missed call from the nursing home.
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Reassurance to mother
While I was out dealing with my mom dying, the people I worked for had told me they weren't going to cut me loose.
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Looking for work
So now I'm looking for work, trying to figure out how to secure my own home and income.
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Website and thank-you
I made a website for the young roofer starting a roofing business.
Brayden
Young roofer · paid $100 for the website
Tyler got paid $100 for website work. Open reading · 1 earlier
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Dinner request
Then a guy I don't know that well asked if I could help him get dinner.
Tyler sent help onward — $50 for assistance and dinner. Open reading · 1 earlier
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Work and independence
We'll call him Jo.
Jo is working and actively engaged in his survival — scrap metal pickup flyer with eyes and phone numbers masked. - 14
Mother
From her, I got my compassion and my sense of doing the right thing, even when no one was watching.
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