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Divided Places

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The front page of the Seven-Eleven Japan web site

"So what's going to change from when you worked as the spirits of your territories in Japan?"

"We're working out how to be present in divided places. You remember those Seven-Eleven stores all over Japan?"

"That company has done very well over there"

"Well, they have a Spirit of the Chain, and he's figured out how to be present in many places at once. Sort of the opposite of your bit about angels dancing on the head of a pin. More like how many different pins can an angel dance on at the same time."

"But if you have to be spread out, how can you still be the spirit of a place?"

"It's the places that get spread out."