# In The Sea

A contrast between chosen experience and required work gives this story its initial interest. Read for how a setting organizes attention as well as obligation.

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## A reading lens

The opening invites questions about the conditions that support an experienced world. Let the story reveal those conditions without using this introduction as an explanation of its later developments.

## Questions for your reading

- What makes an experience feel personally significant?
- How does an obligation change the way someone values time?

## Source books

- [Haedian Sci-Fi Short Stories: Volume Two](https://paulhaedo.com/books/haedian-sci-fi-short-stories-volume-two/)

[In The Sea](https://paulhaedo.com/stories/in-the-sea/)