Pip and the Mistake

Before Pip met Elle in the library.

Before Pip met Caleb in the hardware store.

Before the questions - there was a mistake.

Pips are ancient. They predate libraries. They exist to make sure the universe never becomes so thoroughly explained that it stops being wondrous. For thousands of years, one particular Pip did its job well - until the night it sat beside a river with a girl named Mira and answered the biggest question she had ever asked.

The answer was true. It was a good answer.

And it pu...