Apocalypse Machine
“All eyes turn to Mayer. She’s her usual direct self, but I don’t miss the glisten in her eyes. She’s not a sap. Never was. But she knows what this moment means for me. She might not love me the way she does Graham, but she does love me. We’re family. And the people swarming around me are now her family as well. There will come a time when this gaggle of children call her auntie.
But that time might never come if we don’t do something about it.
If we don’t stop the Machine.
And for the first tim...e, we have a way to learn something about it.
Graham clears his throat and lifts the backpack holding the now plastic-bagged ice ax, still smeared with red from the very tip of the Machine’s still ice-locked spine.
The kids dance around for a few moments more, slowing to a stop as they sense the shift in tone.
“What is it?” Mina asks.
I grip Ishah’s sleeve, fighting against the urge to hug him again and again. “You’re a scientist now?”
He shrugs. “I know a lot about a lot.”MoreLess
But that time might never come if we don’t do something about it.
If we don’t stop the Machine.
And for the first tim...e, we have a way to learn something about it.
Graham clears his throat and lifts the backpack holding the now plastic-bagged ice ax, still smeared with red from the very tip of the Machine’s still ice-locked spine.
The kids dance around for a few moments more, slowing to a stop as they sense the shift in tone.
“What is it?” Mina asks.
I grip Ishah’s sleeve, fighting against the urge to hug him again and again. “You’re a scientist now?”
He shrugs. “I know a lot about a lot.”MoreLess
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