By daylight I move like everyone else: coffee in hand, a rhythm of trains and crosswalks. But when the sun leans west and the city exhales, the other world steps forward. My pockets fill with small things that matter — a coin stamped with a forgotten year, a scrap of paper with a half-remembered promise, a feather that doesn’t belong to any bird I know. Each object is a thread; tug hard enough and you’ll find a story.