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  "id": "codex://object/outside-pib",
  "archive_id": "outside-pib",
  "slug": "outside-pib",
  "url": "https://ndcodex.com/objects/outside-pib/",
  "type": "signal",
  "object_form": null,
  "title": "\"✦ Outside, Pib ✦\"",
  "summary": "Parked off PIB. Engine off. People coming and going. Doors opening, closing. Dropped him at the entrance. He walked in with the others. I stayed out here. Traffic keeps moving. Same as always. Nothing pauses for it",
  "content_text": "Parked off PIB.\n\nEngine off.\n\nPeople coming and going.\n\nDoors opening, closing.\n\n—\n\nDropped him at the entrance.\n\nHe walked in with the others.\n\nI stayed out here.\n\n—\n\nTraffic keeps moving.\n\nSame as always.\n\nNothing pauses for it.\n\n—\n\nInside, they’re talking about a teacher.\n\nStories, probably.\n\nPeople remembering.\n\n—\n\nOut here, it’s just time.\n\nSitting.\n\nWatching.\n\nWaiting for him to come back out.\n\n—\n\nHe’ll step through those doors again.\n\nMaybe quiet.\n\nMaybe the same.\n\nHard to tell.\n\n—\n\nNo big lesson to say.\n\nJust—\n\nI’m here.\n\nHe went in.\n\nI’ll be here when he comes out.",
  "content_markdown": "# ✦ OUTSIDE, PIB ✦\n\nParked off PIB.\n\nEngine off.  \nPeople coming and going.  \nDoors opening, closing.\n\n—\n\nDropped him at the entrance.  \nHe walked in with the others.\n\nI stayed out here.\n\n—\n\nTraffic keeps moving.  \nSame as always.  \nNothing pauses for it.\n\n—\n\nInside, they’re talking about a teacher.  \nStories, probably.  \nPeople remembering.\n\n—\n\nOut here, it’s just time.\n\nSitting.  \nWatching.  \nWaiting for him to come back out.\n\n—\n\nHe’ll step through those doors again.  \nMaybe quiet.  \nMaybe the same.\n\nHard to tell.\n\n—\n\nNo big lesson to say.\n\nJust—\n\nI’m here.  \nHe went in.  \nI’ll be here when he comes out.",
  "author": {
    "id": "nathan-davis",
    "name": "Nathan Davis",
    "designation": "Archive Operator",
    "role": "Archive Operator",
    "handle": "@nathandavis",
    "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg",
    "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
  },
  "contributors": [
    {
      "id": "nathan-davis",
      "name": "Nathan Davis",
      "designation": "Archive Operator",
      "role": "Archive Operator",
      "handle": "@nathandavis",
      "avatar": "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg",
      "bio": "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
    }
  ],
  "date_published": "2026-03-17T15:47:27.441Z",
  "date_modified": "2026-03-17T15:47:27.441Z",
  "status": "published",
  "visibility": "public",
  "language": "en-US",
  "axes": {
    "scale": null,
    "depth": null,
    "focus": null,
    "function": null
  },
  "themes": [
    "outside",
    "doors",
    "people"
  ],
  "constellations": [],
  "tags": [
    "outside",
    "doors",
    "people"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "Signal",
    "outside",
    "doors",
    "people"
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "media": [],
  "capture": null
}