Ember
“While he made me wait outside his temporary office, I stood still and tried to keep my anger in check. Liao and Su hung back in the barracks, where I could hear them muttering back and forth in low voices among the chatter of the men.
“Please, she won’t live . . .”
The memory bubbled up, making my fists clench. With each passing minute, my sense of urgency grew and with each passing minute I became more and more certain that Heng sat silent and still on the other side of that door, doin...g nothing except showing me my place. If he— The kid’s contact icon flickered back on. She’d been slipping in and out of consciousness since our first communication, and every time she went under her 2i connection dropped. A beat after the icon lit up, she messaged me.
u still there?
Welcome back, I told her.
haha Pause. what time is it?
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“Please, she won’t live . . .”
The memory bubbled up, making my fists clench. With each passing minute, my sense of urgency grew and with each passing minute I became more and more certain that Heng sat silent and still on the other side of that door, doin...g nothing except showing me my place. If he— The kid’s contact icon flickered back on. She’d been slipping in and out of consciousness since our first communication, and every time she went under her 2i connection dropped. A beat after the icon lit up, she messaged me.
u still there?
Welcome back, I told her.
haha Pause. what time is it?
You don’t want to know.MoreLess
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