The Mount, Ex-Los Angeles, Sunday Afternoon

Kathy was starting to really like Captain Freedom. He was a lot less smothering than the other heroes were, most of whom saw her as something like 'our former comrade we let die.' Even Stealth, who admitted to being terrible with people, made it a habit to check in on Kathy several times a day for various 'reasons.' But Captain Freedom didn't hover, didn't accidentally call her Banzai, didn't seem like he was always about one pep talk away from asking her to team up.

On that of that, he was just...calm. He was thoughtful and patient and disciplined. By her second week in the Mount, Kathy had realized that she'd rather spend time talking to him than pretty much anybody else behind the Big Wall.

Today, they'd met up by accident heading over to lunch. Walking with the captain, Kathy had noticed, helped keep the whispers down and the randos away. More and more people were taking guesses at who she was--had been?--and the excuses to come up and talk to her were getting pretty thin. She could imagine why people would be so excited to talk to an ex-hero come back to life, but some people were getting pretty creepy about it.

( This place just kept getting better and better. )

[Text taken and adapted from Chapter 15 of Ex-Communication by Peter Clines. NFB, NFI, OOC is made of sparkles. Previous post Next Post]