Alteration

Perfectly new.

In your own mind it's only a little change. Not as much as dramatic as the 7 changing to the 8 you thought. Much more subtle than that.

You thought it would be a little like an alternative frame, taken a fraction of a click to the left or right of the one taken earlier. You really thought nobody would notice.

Only, you didn’t notice yourself because you thought about it too hard. Over and over; you conditioned yourself not to notice it. But I did. Because you see the change as something discrete, whereas I see it has something contiguous. And when you see it like that you realize the shocking reality that the change is much more noticeable than you thought.

The drama of it all shows you that you only have to do a little in order to generate a lot.
A slight perturbation in life can lead to indescribable opportunities.