A Thousand Steps

Interactions

Click the monk: he pauses on his tread, lifts the brim of his hat and nods, then climbs on; the novice simply waits longer on his landing
Click the novice: a hasty bow; the bundle slips through his fingers and he catches it
Click the bell: the striker log swings into it at any hour, ink rings spread, the birds lift from the cedars and the cat looks up
Click a stone lantern: it lights or goes out (until the next dusk or dawn)
Move the pointer: wind in the straw ropes, the robes, the falling cedar needles and the mist