The Proportions

Elias Kade is the kind of man who makes lists before he opens doors. He surveys planets for a living — he goes first, measures everything, and files accurate reports. On the planet catalogued as GJ 514c, he lands three kilometers from a set of ruins, walks to them in the low afternoon light, and begins measuring.The doorways are two meters, four centimeters tall. Standard clearance. Every one of them.A story about careful work, the proportions of things, and what it means to find a door built exactly your size on a world no human has ever touched.The Proportions is episode ten of Quiet Horizons, an original fiction podcast for the long, quiet hours.Send us Fan Mail You're listening to Quiet Horizons - a podcast of original science fiction stories written for the hours when the day is done. From here, there are no interruptions. Just one complete story, beginning to end. Literary, unhurried, and best experienced with your eyes closed. Tonight's story begins now. Support the show

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