Dr. Naomi Kael was studying ice in the summer of 2024, which is to say she was studying the absence of ice in the summer of 2024, which is to say she was studying the memory of ice in the summer of 2024, which is to say she was studying the Alaskan glacier known as the Iliamna Ice Field, which had been losing approximately two meters of thickness per year for the previous thirty years, which is to say she was studying a thing that was becoming less of itself at a rate that was documented, measured, published, and understood by everyone in her field, which is to say she was studying a thing that was dying, which is to say she was studying a thing that was not yet dead, which is to say she was studying a thing that existed in a state of superposition, which is to say she was studying a thing that was both dead and alive simultaneously, and the question was not which state was correct but whether the question itself was the problem. She was thirty-six years old, and she had spent the previous twelve years studying glaciers, which is to say she had spent twelve years climbing ice, drilling cores, measuring density, analyzing isotopes, and building models that predicted how much ice would remain in twenty years, fifty years, a hundred years, and the models were always wrong, not because the mathematics were incorrect but because the mathematics described a system that was more complicated than the mathematics, which is to say the mathematics described the ice but not the air around the ice, not the water below the ice, not the rock beneath the water, not the animals that lived in the rock and the water and the air, not the humans who lived in the air and watched the ice disappear and built words to describe the disappearance and called the words science and called the words crisis and called the words something that was not the thing itself, which was the first thing Naomi understood about glaciers: they were not ice. They were systems. They were ecosystems. They were arguments about the difference between a thing and the description of a thing, and the description was always wrong, and the thing was always more than the description, and the description was the science, and the thing was the glacier, and the glacier was both dead and alive, and the science was always describing the dead thing while the alive thing was doing something else entirely. The superposition became personal in the form of a phone call from her sister, Lisa, who lived in Seattle and who was thirty-nine and who was a teacher and who called on a Tuesday in July and said that she needed to talk about their mother, who was sick, which was not unexpected, because she had been sick for three years, but was unexpected in its specificity: the doctors had given her approximately six months, which was the language of medicine, which is to say they had given her a number, which is to say they had described a thing that was both alive and dead, and the number was the description, and the thing was the mother, and the mother was both alive and dead, and the description was the number, and the number was the science, and the science was always describing the dead thing while the alive thing was doing something else entirely. Naomi flew to Seattle on a Thursday. She stayed in her sisters house for four days, which was the amount of time that the doctors had said their mother had, which was the amount of time that Naomi had, which was the amount of time that everyone had, which was the amount of time that the glacier had, which was the amount of time that the ice had, which was the amount of time that the memory of ice had, which was the amount of time that the description of ice had, which was the amount of time that the science had, which was the amount of time that the argument about the difference between a thing and the description of a thing had, which was the amount of time that the superposition had, which was the amount of time that the question itself had, which was the amount of time that the question had been asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be unanswerable, which was the amount of time that the mother was both alive and dead, which was the amount of time that Naomi was both a scientist and a daughter, which was the amount of time that the glacier was both dead and alive, which was the amount of time that the ice was both present and absent, which was the amount of time that the memory was both present and absent, which was the amount of time that the description was both correct and incorrect, which was the amount of time that the science was both useful and useless, which was the amount of time that the argument was both necessary and impossible, which was the amount of time that the superposition was both true and false, which was the amount of time that the question was both valid and invalid, which was the amount of time that the question had been asked and would continue to be asked and would continue to be unanswerable, which was the amount of time that they had, which was the amount of time that the glacier had, which was the amount of time that the ice had, which was the amount of time that the mother had, which was the amount of time that Naomi had, which was the amount of time that Lisa had, which was the amount of time that the world had, which was the amount of time that the world would have if the question was answered, which was the amount of time that the world would have if the question was not answered, which was the amount of time that the world had, which was the amount of time that the question had been asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be unanswerable, which was the amount of time that the superposition would continue to exist, which was the amount of time that the mother would continue to be both alive and dead, which was the amount of time that Naomi would continue to be both a scientist and a daughter, which was the amount of time that the glacier would continue to be both dead and alive, which was the amount of time that the ice would continue to be both present and absent, which was the amount of time that the description would continue to be both correct and incorrect, which was the amount of time that the science would continue to be both useful and useless, which was the amount of time that the argument would continue to be both necessary and impossible, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be both valid and invalid, which was the amount of time that they had, which was the amount of time that the world had, which was the amount of time that the question had been asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be asked, which was the amount of time that the question would continue to be unanswerable. Their mother died on a Sunday. Naomi was there, holding her hand, watching her breathe, watching the breathing slow, watching the slowing continue, watching the continue become the stop, watching the stop become the absence, watching the absence become the memory, watching the memory become the description, watching the description become the science, watching the science become the argument, watching the argument become the question, watching the question become the superposition, watching the superposition become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the system, watching the system become the thing, watching the thing become the description, watching the description become the number, watching the number become the six months, watching the six months become the four days, watching the four days become the now, watching the now become the was, watching the was become the is, watching the is become the both, watching the both become the and, watching the and become the or, watching the or become the question, watching the question become the superposition, watching the superposition become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the memory, watching the memory become the absence, watching the absence become the stop, watching the stop become the continue, watching the continue become the slow, watching the slow become the breathe, watching the breathe become the hand, watching the hand become the hold, watching the hold become the sister, watching the sister become the Lisa, watching the Lisa become the thirty-nine, watching the thirty-nine become the teacher, watching the teacher become the Seattle, watching the Seattle become the flight, watching the flight become the Thursday, watching the Thursday become the Tuesday, watching the Tuesday become the call, watching the call become the phone, watching the phone become the number, watching the number become the six months, watching the six months become the medicine, watching the medicine become the doctors, watching the doctors become the words, watching the words become the crisis, watching the crisis become the science, watching the science become the model, watching the model become the prediction, watching the prediction become the wrong, watching the wrong become the mathematics, watching the mathematics become the system, watching the system become the more, watching the more become the complicated, watching the complicated become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the Iliamna, watching the Iliamna become the field, watching the field become the loss, watching the loss become the two meters, watching the two meters become the year, watching the year become the thirty, watching the thirty become the years, watching the years become the studying, watching the studying become the Naomi, watching the Naomi become the thirty-six, watching the thirty-six become the science, watching the science become the glacier, watching the glacier become the thing, watching the thing become the both, watching the both become the dead and alive, watching the dead and alive become the superposition, watching the superposition become the question, watching the question become the answer, watching the answer become no, watching no become the nothing, watching nothing become the something, watching something become the everything, watching everything become the world, watching the world become the time, watching the time become the amount, watching the amount become the question, watching the question become the superposition, watching the superposition become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the memory, watching the memory become the mother, watching the mother become the died, watching the died become the Sunday, watching the Sunday become the Naomi, watching the Naomi become the hand, watching the hand become the hold, watching the hold become the breathe, watching the breathe become the slow, watching the slow become the continue, watching the continue become the stop, watching the stop become the absence, watching the absence become the was, watching the was become the is, watching the is become the both, watching the both become the and, watching the and become the or, watching the or become the question, watching the question become the superposition, watching the superposition become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the system, watching the system become the more, watching the more become the complicated, watching the complicated become the mathematics, watching the mathematics become the wrong, watching the wrong become the prediction, watching the prediction become the model, watching the model become the science, watching the science become the argument, watching the argument become the words, watching the words become the crisis, watching the crisis become the number, watching the number become the six months, watching the six months become the doctor, watching the doctor become the medicine, watching the medicine become the hospital, watching the hospital become the room, watching the room become the bed, watching the bed become the mother, watching the mother become the Lisa, watching the Lisa become the sister, watching the sister become the thirty-nine, watching the thirty-nine become the teacher, watching the teacher become the Seattle, watching the Seattle become the flight, watching the flight become the Naomi, watching the Naomi become the thirty-six, watching the thirty-six become the scientist, watching the scientist become the glacier, watching the glacier become the ice, watching the ice become the superposition, watching the superposition become the both, watching the both become the dead and alive, watching the dead and alive become the question, watching the question become the answer, watching the answer become no, watching no become the nothing, watching nothing become the something, watching something become the everything, watching everything become the world, watching the world become the time, watching the time become the amount, watching the amount become the question, watching the question become the superposition, watching the superposition become the ice, watching the ice become the glacier, watching the glacier become the memory, watching the memory become the is. She returned to Alaska on a Wednesday. She went to the glacier on a Thursday. She climbed it on a Friday. She drilled a core on a Saturday. She analyzed the isotopes on a Sunday. She built a model on a Monday. The model was wrong. It was always wrong. The mathematics were correct. The system was more complicated than the mathematics. The ice was both dead and alive. The glacier was both present and absent. The memory was both there and gone. The description was both correct and incorrect. The science was both useful and useless. The argument was both necessary and impossible. The question was both valid and invalid. The superposition was both true and false. The answer was no. No was the something. Something was everything. Everything was the world. The world was the time. The time was the amount. The amount was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. The memory was the mother. The mother was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the system. The system was the thing. The thing was the description. The description was the number. The number was the six months. The six months was the four days. The four days was the now. The now was the was. The was was the is. The is was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. The memory was the mother. The mother was the died. The died was the Sunday. The Sunday was the Naomi. The Naomi was the hand. The hand was the hold. The hold was the breathe. The breathe was the slow. The slow was the continue. The continue was the stop. The stop was the absence. The absence was the was. The was was the is. The is was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the system. The system was the thing. The thing was the description. The description was the number. The number was the six months. The six months was the four days. The four days was the now. The now was the was. The was was the is. The is was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. The memory was the is. The is was the something. The something was everything. Everything was the world. The world was the time. The time was the amount. The amount was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the answer. The answer was no. No was nothing. Nothing was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. The memory was the mother. The mother was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the thing. The thing was the description. The description was the number. The number was the six months. The six months was the four days. The four days was the now. The now was the was. The was was the is. The is was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. The memory was the is. The is was the something. The something was everything. Everything was the world. The world was the time. The time was the amount. The amount was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the answer. The answer was no. No was nothing. Nothing was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the thing. The thing was the description. The description was the number. The number was the six months. The six months was the four days. The four days was the now. The now was the was. The was was the is. The is was the both. The both was the and. The and was the or. The or was the question. The question was the superposition. The superposition was the ice. The ice was the glacier. The glacier was the memory. 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