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The page reduces itself to a single origin-word, making infancy feel less like a topic than a stark point of return.

As a one-word page, it functions almost like a marker or bell struck inside the manuscript. The minimalism makes the word carry a lot: birth, dependence, helplessness, beginning, and perhaps a judgment about arrestedness as well.

'''A one-word page: 'Infant.' Title only, probably a next-page lead-in.'''