Beyond the Rift
“A room as barren as a fishbowl.“I hate you.”Little fists, clenching: one of the cameras, set to motion-cap, zoomed on them automatically. Two others watched the adults, mother, father on opposite sides of the room. The machines watched the players: half a world away, Stavros watched the machines.“I hate you I hate you I HATE you!”The girl was screaming now, her face contorted in anger and anguish. There were tears at the edge of her eyes but they stayed there, never falling. Her parents shifted... like nervous animals, scared of the anger, used to the outbursts but far from comfortable with them.At least this time she was using words. Usually she just howled.She leaned against the blanked window, fists pounding. The window took her assault like hard white rubber, denting slightly, then rebounding. One of the few things in the room that bounced back when she struck out; one less thing to break.“Jeannie, hush...” Her mother reached out a hand. Her father, as usual, stood back, a mixture of anger and resentment and confusion on his face.Stavros frowned.MoreLess
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