Cycle I: Coming on Strong
The Hidden Voice
The Nerve · 13 (v2.00)
THE HOUSE OF ZAN — Zan

“I’m looking for perfection.”
— Boomerang

Having more options can change the question.
Interest may begin with Do I want them?
Abundance replaces it with Is this the best available?
Someone interesting now competes with strangers who have not disappointed anyone yet.
Their habits are unknown.
Their needs have not caused friction.
Potential stays perfect while untested.
An actual relationship brings timing, limits, opinions, and inconvenience.
Possibility carries none of those costs.
A yes may start feeling like the loss of everything not chosen.
Attention keeps moving.
Another profile.
A different promise.
One more chance to avoid learning whether good could have been enough.
Choice remains available.
Choosing gets harder.
Sometimes nobody gets chosen because possibility never has to become a person.