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Everyday Drabbles #516

The witch took my hand and led me through her garden. She brought me through a maze of twisting, thorny hedges to a still rectangular pool. “This is the Pool of Possibility. It can show you the person you would be today if you had chosen differently. Gaze into the water and see the person you might have been and could still be.” I looked down at the water. “That’s just me wearing a new hat.” “Some people possess a greater capacity for change than others,” she replied. My reflection tipped his hat. I had to admit he looked good.