Almost 10. The name says it all — 9.88 miles. Twelve hundredths short. Close enough to round up if you’re the kind of person who does that. I’m not.

Ghost owned this entire ride. The full Prequelle album, front to back, almost. “Faith” to open, “See the Light” to build, “Miasma” with that saxophone solo carrying me through mile six, “Dance Macabre” for the groove section. Then the deep cuts — “Pro Memoria,” “Witch Image,” and “Helvetesfönster” stretching out across the last miles like a prog-rock meditation. “Life Eternal” played as I rolled to a stop. If you’re going to soundtrack a long ride, you could do worse than letting Tobias Forge narrate the whole thing.

63 minutes. End of September, the heat finally starting to back off. The kind of morning where the air cooperates for once.

9.88 is not 10. But 9.88 is also not zero, and some days that math is the only kind that matters.

🎵 LISTENING TO

🎵 8:23 AM — Faith by Ghost

🎵 8:27 AM — See the Light by Ghost

🎵 8:31 AM — Miasma by Ghost

🎵 8:36 AM — Dance Macabre by Ghost

🎵 8:47 AM — Pro Memoria by Ghost

🎵 8:53 AM — Witch Image by Ghost

🎵 8:56 AM — Helvetesfönster by Ghost

🎵 9:22 AM — Life Eternal by Ghost

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// RAPTOR GIRL