***Katie McIvor*** *grew up in Scotland and studied at the University of Cambridge. She now lives in England and works at a language library, where she is surrounded by books and films in over 200 languages. When not struggling to alphabetise Japanese textbooks, she likes to go on long walks with her husband and dogs. Her flash fiction has recently appeared in* [Terrain.org](https://www.terrain.org/2021/fiction/five-hawks/).