A Gentle Straightening

A click. Then, balance. I felt the floor beneath my bottom disc, firm and flat. Carefully, I shifted my segments—one by one—testing my posture against the vertical edge of the brown couch. To my side, another assembled figure stood tall, touching the draped blanket. I nudged my connected arm forward, aligning my interlocking discs with a soft, steady rhythm until my balance held upright on its own.