“The Program’s full of people like him,” Lucas said. She didn’t have a valid role. Wentworth, “The Embians,” Destination: Future. He stands still, looking down at Lucas while saying a word or two.
I left by the first small ship that dared come down to take off refugees, with no attention to the destination or the duration of the voyage. We plunged into the air with an interplanetary velocity, but our speed was reduced violently. By the end of his first week, he was at least a day behind, and so tired at the end of his shift that it was all he could do to stumble to the canteen and shovel seaweed-derived food into his mouth. I hadn’t crossed into a new humanity like he prophesied over and over.
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