Randoms
“The flow of time seemed to change for me, switching from a direct drive forward to a weird staccato as reality stopped and started. The captain was by my side, patting me on the back with her good arm. Urch was now on his feet, looking absolutely terrible with a crushed nose, a gash across his face, and apparently a head wound—his thick locks were dripping with blood—but he was alive.
He took one of his huge hands and wiped it down his face, and then shook off the excess blood. “You blew th...e excrement out of that ship,” he told me.
I nodded. I wasn’t quite ready for speech.
How many beings had I just killed? It wasn’t a video game. It wasn’t pretend. Were dozens dead? Hundreds? They were all gone because of what I had done. They had been trying to kill us, and that counted for something. It counted for a lot, but it was still unbelievable.
“Thirty seconds to tunnel aperture,”MoreLess
He took one of his huge hands and wiped it down his face, and then shook off the excess blood. “You blew th...e excrement out of that ship,” he told me.
I nodded. I wasn’t quite ready for speech.
How many beings had I just killed? It wasn’t a video game. It wasn’t pretend. Were dozens dead? Hundreds? They were all gone because of what I had done. They had been trying to kill us, and that counted for something. It counted for a lot, but it was still unbelievable.
“Thirty seconds to tunnel aperture,”MoreLess
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