ValianceWithAPencil

I sat alone, In the electric room. Noise was everywhere, And yet it was silent. People ran. They made demands. They twitched and their fingers scratched the marble. They frequently looked at the clock and furrowed their brows. As though they expected Its shadow to be an omen. It was normal life. Everyone’s eyes were glazed. Their voices were plain mutters. I looked into the light. Minded my own business. Didn’t talk to anyone, or look at anyone. The light was too bright. I’d been on too long But I didn’t even realize it. I just went on with my business. I had important things to do. I typed away in a single, long

Ch. 1: A Thousandth of a Second She stared out. Out the window. She stared out at the remnant of a once stoic forest, its entire sick and life-deprived being moving with the soft push and pull of the tainted breeze. The sun’s rays seemed to make the top of it glisten despite its lonely being. But she did not see the forest. She did not see the small people carrying guns and knives milling back and forth on the ground like drones. She couldn’t truly see anything. Yet she stood so still, her back hunched slightly, eyes wide and unmoving, staring out into empty space. With each hitched inhale and exhale, her shoulders lifted gently

Chapter 1: Look Close, Don't Cower Good God, was she horrible. Revolting. We wanted nothing more than to be away from Her. Her very appearance made us gasp in disgusted shock and feel nauseous. But that nausea reminded Us vaguely of something… It was small, whatever it was… It was so incredibly familiar, felt like home and every day life and yet We could not for the lives of our children pin point what that little bit of feeling was…It was important, extremely important some…how…. God she was ugly. Haggard. Terrible. Animal. Wild. Uncivilized. Vicious. Murderous. She seemed the lowest possible thing to exi