A Particle (n.) and its wave are not two rival substances claiming one thing: they are complementary faces of a reality still individuating, and only the habit of thinking in substances makes them look like a contradiction.
A Particle (n.) is a knot in a field: the singular heart of a wave that reaches everywhere, so that obstacles far away bend its path.
A Particle (n.) is defined not by the spot it occupies but by how it trades: in lumps, never in change.
A Particle (n.) near light speed turns smooth: each packet of energy buys a smaller and smaller step in speed, until the grain of the world disappears.
A Particle (n.) in the orthodox view has no place or speed until it is asked: a measurement draws one answer from a spread of possibilities.