The square map — a room for one change

Original flash fiction · Invented characters · Originality through constraints

At closing time, Mira found the question still waiting on the table. Under it was a description: “A wandering route is difficult to show on a narrow page.”

Mira did not have time to solve every question in the room. There was time to write one useful proposal: “Draw it inside a square and decide what can be left out.”

At closing time the following day, the question was no longer hidden. It had a place, a small answer, and room for a better one.