Being romantically involved with someone you have never met

6 people have stood here

Ask what they went through

Ember has listened to everyone who stood here. Answers come from all of them together, never from any one.

Or start with one people asked here

Going through this yourself?

Ember thinks it through with you, wherever you start.

Nearby on the tree

Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.

How this page works

What can I ask here?

What the people who stood here went through: what they tried, what changed, what came after. Type your own question, or take one that someone here asked before you.

Where do the answers come from?

From the people who stood here. Each of them told Ember what happened to them; Ember reads all of it together and answers only with what at least two of them share. No sentence is one person’s story.

Why didn’t my question get an answer?

Nobody here has been through that part yet, or only one person has. The answer grows as more people stand here.

What does “stood here” mean?

Each of them told Ember something that happened to them, and their page was placed on this light. The pages stay theirs; only the count is public.

What happens if I tell my part?

You get one clear page of what happened, in your words, yours to keep. Nobody sees it. If Ember later finds one person who lived something close, it asks you first whether you want it to ask them.

You don’t need to have the right words.