Rasa not reding stories and nlu file

i have been trying to figure out why rosa is not reading the stories and nlu file.

its clearly trying to run, and its reading the domain and config files. what could be causing this? they are formatted the same, and its just a test run before loading in more training data.

running in training environment in anaconda on windows 11. anything that would help me to find my mistake would be greatly appreciated.