I have passed the first checkpoint. The plan is indeed possible. Preparations begin in earnest.
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The Only Way Out is Through
The stream of time hit a nexus and, like an arrow striking ice, it splintered into five possibilities. I slipped into the most difficult crack, the choice hardest to make.
Like the Cylons, I have a plan.
And I am so sorry, my friends. I’m so sorry.
I must raze Caprica and follow the Eye of Jupiter.
Gumdrops
About two years ago I lost the ability to fly. Not like Superman, nothing so impressive. Just a loose kind of upright hovering, as though my heart were suspended from a cloud passing high overhead. The onsets came unannounced: Electricity warmed my spine and I simply inhaled, drifting upward, dangling until I could push off a nearby wall or streetlight.
It unnerved passersby. Spontaneously flying people were unsafe or at least untrustworthy. Continue reading →