I stumbled over this in my "newsfeed" and hadn't read any Weir before so I thought, why not have a first quick peak at the author like this. Being this short, I expected a witty tale with a great "punch line" and found neither. It read like some esoteric parable, like the one with the footsteps in the sand. I always feel condescended at by stories like that which tend to offer up commonplaces as if they were the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. This definitely wasn't meant for me.