Chain Norris _verified_ | Markov

“I should have come sooner,” he said. “I should have never stopped.”

She squeezed his hand. “The only thing that matters,” she whispered, “is the next step.”

“You came,” she said. Her voice was a dry rustle. markov chain norris

To his astonishment, she laughed—a small, broken sound. “You’re such an asshole, Dad.”

This was the Norris method: a man as a memoryless process. It was clean. It was mathematical. It was, he believed, the only rational way to live. “I should have come sooner,” he said

“The present state required it,” he said. Then winced. Even now, he couldn’t help himself.

“Yes,” he said. “That is likely a state with high recurrence.” “I should have come sooner

After twenty minutes, her eyes opened. She looked at him without surprise.