[All the electronics in the room flicker and die. The silence is thick, but it’s a considering silence, warm and all-encompassing.
Like a hug.
Only the computer screen flicks back on for a reply.]
hello dick im so happy you understand you did so much good and helped so much to piece everything back together again
[The screen jitters and shifts again, this time to show a shockingly high-resolution video feed. It’s a short video, but it’s long enough to recognize the faces Dick rescued. A Night follower huddles over a tea mug. A Day follower, her beautiful white robes draped over a chair, furrowing her brows over a pamphlet.
Dick probably doesn’t recognize the setting. It’s a normal pair of houses, sure, with normal, depowered people housed within them. But the technology is several decades later than Ryslig’s, bright and fun in shades of neon.]
we saved the peninsula together and we saved so many people from turning into dust
no subject
Like a hug.
Only the computer screen flicks back on for a reply.]
hello dick
im so happy you understand
you did so much good
and helped so much
to piece everything back together again
[The screen jitters and shifts again, this time to show a shockingly high-resolution video feed. It’s a short video, but it’s long enough to recognize the faces Dick rescued. A Night follower huddles over a tea mug. A Day follower, her beautiful white robes draped over a chair, furrowing her brows over a pamphlet.
Dick probably doesn’t recognize the setting. It’s a normal pair of houses, sure, with normal, depowered people housed within them. But the technology is several decades later than Ryslig’s, bright and fun in shades of neon.]
we saved the peninsula
together
and we saved so many people from turning into dust