…understood what it meant to be Algo. “Did you know?” This is the first thing Lashko said to the Wizard when he reached him at the fence. The Wizard didn’t look around for the boy. He gave his answer. “I felt something here. I walk. I stop when there is something to feel, something to observe. The main part of my work is in observing the world as the world changes. As the world changes the world evermore becomes itself.” Lashko didn’t have to tell the Wizard everything that happened. “Does the boy know?” “Does he know,” Lashko said, “what he knows I cannot say. We have told him nothing. We’ve tried to do nothing to alarm him while we try to find a place for him.” “You thought I might be able to help?” “I thought you wouldn’t hurt.” “That’s been your main concern, hasn’t it?” “Yes.” “That has… [Contents: Original story illustration (gouache) and handwritten text.]