Everything is Connected, a short story.

One day a man met a woman wearing a beautiful hat. They struck up the most engaging conversation about shoes. They planned to meet again and have more discussions. Soon these meetings turned into dates and these dates led to their eventual marriage. As was custom back then, they were married in a church and now they’ve got the white picket fence.

Soon afterwards, a child was born. They named them a wonderful name, something heroic and stoic. As their child grew, the personality became more and more unusual. They began wearing clothes of disproportionate sizes, and had a fascination for shoes, just as their parents first conversations began. Until one day… this.