Magpie Monday

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dialecticdreamer is hosting Magpie Monday with a theme of "Breaking through confusion." Leave prompts, get ficlets! Boosting the signal increases the wordcount.

If we reach a total of $150 in tips, that’s at least 7,500 words. In return, I’ll double that word count by posting a story called “Building Family,” which is next in the story arc for Octavio. (It fits the theme particularly well because he’s not the only character feeling overwhelmed!)