As the first sliver of orange cut through the smog, Mateo reached the end of the line. His bag was empty, his fingers were stained black with ink, and for a brief moment, before the noise of the day drowned him out, he was the only person who knew exactly how the story began.
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People called him "el chico," but Mateo felt centuries old. He saw the city without its makeup on—no lights, no crowds, just the raw, cold bones of the streets. He was the messenger of a world that hadn't happened yet, carrying the "today" that everyone else was still dreaming about. As the first sliver of orange cut through
The city didn’t wake up all at once; it exhaled in fits and starts. Before the coffee shops rattled their shutters and the buses began their rhythmic groaning, there was only the sound of rubber tires on wet cobblestones. People called him "el chico," but Mateo felt centuries old
Mateo rode a bike that was more rust than metal, a skeletal thing that shrieked every time he braked. Over his shoulder hung the heavy canvas bag, a weight that felt like the world’s collective secrets—scandals, weather forecasts, and obituaries—wrapped in thin, gray paper.
He was a ghost in the pre-dawn light. He knew which houses had dogs that slept through anything and which ones had floorboards that creaked if a heavy shadow fell on them. He flicked the papers with a practiced snap, a sharp thwack against the wood that served as the neighborhood’s first alarm clock.