"the first miracle was that you were born" | HEART GAME

[miraculess]

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Darkness. Quiet. A heartbeat. Your heartbeat. Slowly, the murmur of sound. Footsteps. Voices—

Comments

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

...oh.

She is, isn't she... why did you think she was only sleeping?

...the dust at least comes off easily enough, even if it does get all over your hands in the process.

Re: the laboratory

[rightwingman]

[wipes his hands off on his own clothes]

Oh, dear.





[rummages through her pockets]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

The dust doesn't seem to want to come off of your hands... Despite that, there are now dust smudges on your clothes as well.

She doesn't have anything in her pockets.

Re: the laboratory

[rightwingman]

[...are HER clothes still dusty?]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

A little bit, but he knocked a good deal of it off.

Re: the laboratory

[rightwingman]

[swapping her coat for his, thanks for the clean clothes]