A teenager interns for gravity. Their job: make sure apples fall, socks land near but not in the laundry basket, and coins drop heads or tails on schedule. They sign an NDA about the constants. On break, they test small tweaks, making one feather fall slower for fun. Gravity notices and raises an eyebrow made of mountains. The apprentice returns to work, humbled. Later, a shooting star streaks overhead, the apprentice's signature on the night's to-do list.
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