The Broken God Machine
“Pehr lay on his back, still panting, feeling the pain of his wounds as a distant, faraway thing that served mostly to remind him that he was not, in fact, dead yet. He slowly became aware of Tasha sobbing somewhere beside him, and when he felt her searching hands touch his chest, he took them, and he pulled the girl against him. She lay there in the dark, crying into his chest, and Pehr closed his eyes. Nani’s face came to him then, as it often did in difficult times, a comfort no matter that s...he could never be his.
“I doubted,” Tasha whispered finally. “Oh, Pehr, I thought we were both going to die. I thought my dreams had … had lied to me.”
“I thought we did well,” Pehr said, and after a moment the absurdity of it all struck him, and he began to laugh. Tasha could feel this, her head on his chest, and soon she had joined him, still crying but laughing just the same.
The sound of it lightened Pehr’s heart.MoreLess
“I doubted,” Tasha whispered finally. “Oh, Pehr, I thought we were both going to die. I thought my dreams had … had lied to me.”
“I thought we did well,” Pehr said, and after a moment the absurdity of it all struck him, and he began to laugh. Tasha could feel this, her head on his chest, and soon she had joined him, still crying but laughing just the same.
The sound of it lightened Pehr’s heart.MoreLess
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