A name just came to mind. It showed up before you finished that sentence, and you did not go looking for it. That is how you know. Nothing happened. There was no fight, no betrayal, no single moment anybody could point to and say that was it. You still care about each other. You are still polite at holidays. Both of you would say things are fine. That is exactly the trick. It does not look like a wound. It looks like peace. Somewhere back there you both quietly stopped trying, and you both started calling the distance respect. You think you know when it started. You are off by years, and the real beginning was so small that nobody in the room noticed it happening. Here is what changes everything. Closing this distance does not require them to apologize. It does not require them to cooperate, understand, or agree. It does not require them to still be alive to receive it. What it does require is one person. So far, nobody has volunteered. Break the silence.
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