Arion

A mistake on a bridge comes before the failure that makes him famous. Arion tries to improve something his friend has made and discovers that wanting to help is no protection against getting it wrong. That impulsive, intensely personal need to put things right follows him into a conflict where a mistake can cost far more than a friendship.

At school, his answers expose a gap in the intelligence that governs his world. At home, that gap becomes an order addressed to his father. The people he needs most suddenly have things to explain—and reasons to stay silent.

Later, three seconds offer him a way to undo an outcome. The payment is a memory he cannot choose. How much of the boy who loves these people can disappear before saving them begins to mean something else?