False Future
“I scan the area quickly, but no one seems to be watching. Every citizen in the immediate area has split.
The passenger door slides up, and I fall into the seat. The blast of heat is glorious. I almost feel like a real person again.
Olivia starts driving without a word. We plow through the giant cloud of steam lingering in the street.
“That was very stupid, what I stopped you from doing.”
“Then it’s a good thing you stopped me,” I reply. “How did you know it was me?”
She give...s me a look like, Please, do you know who I am? “I’m sorry. I’m sorry your sacrifice didn’t buy more time. I thought it would.” But she says it like she knew it wouldn’t. “It must have been an unpleasant experience.”
“I barely felt it,” I say, because it’s true. Just that brief pain, then nothing, and even the memory of the pain is fading.MoreLess
The passenger door slides up, and I fall into the seat. The blast of heat is glorious. I almost feel like a real person again.
Olivia starts driving without a word. We plow through the giant cloud of steam lingering in the street.
“That was very stupid, what I stopped you from doing.”
“Then it’s a good thing you stopped me,” I reply. “How did you know it was me?”
She give...s me a look like, Please, do you know who I am? “I’m sorry. I’m sorry your sacrifice didn’t buy more time. I thought it would.” But she says it like she knew it wouldn’t. “It must have been an unpleasant experience.”
“I barely felt it,” I say, because it’s true. Just that brief pain, then nothing, and even the memory of the pain is fading.MoreLess
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