"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]

She hasn't responded to the sounds of him moving around at all. Still, perhaps that's to be expected; with how much dust is on her, she must have been sleeping pretty deeply for a long time.

Re: the laboratory

[no_hero]

["sleeping". actually crouching to check if there's any signs of life]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

...oh.

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