Written in 365 Parts: 86: The Sleeper Has Awakened
There was a dry cough before a rasping voice spoke, “what the fuh.†Broken coughing from a dry larynx, “Where, where am I?†Drick watched as they struggled to sit…
There was a dry cough before a rasping voice spoke, “what the fuh.†Broken coughing from a dry larynx, “Where, where am I?†Drick watched as they struggled to sit…
“So they had taken the bait†Hooper thought to their self as they watched the figure on an internal screen. Just a few hours ago part of Hooper wanted all…
Several hours ago the watcher had become the sleeper. It was inevitable. Organics, particularly mammals, ran by internal clocks. Even the most dedicated implant could only extend the circadian rhythm…
“That’s true, you are much more polite than that. Well at least when you are sober.†“Amusing. How is Marsh?†“He’s fine, Krennar, he has been awake for several hours. 
“Aren’t you supposed to be dead?†“Apparently so.†“Then maybe I need to say encore?†“Well it would be within the range of expected responses for you. I have come…
“What does that mean? How far away were the third generation from the first?†“Well rejection rates improved to one in a thousand from one in twelve, so that’s nine…
“So what do you think?†“I think he thinks he is telling the truth. Whatever that is.†“I don’t want any philosophical or metaphysical bullshit. I want to know if…
“Missed me, ooof†Marsh backed away hurriedly as the reverse heel kick caught him squarely in the solar plexus with enough force to knock all the air from his lungs.…
“So how am I able to see this? I don’t get it, did you install some kind of telephoto system in my eyes or something?†Drick stood next to Marsh…
Hooper was sat uncomfortably still. They had been uncomfortable for hours, still for even longer, and the two facts were connected. They had known this would be the case which…