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“I think I can hear the rescue-bots digging. It won’t be long.” Logic told Kevin not to talk. To conserve what little air they had until rescue. His instincts begged him to scream, call out to rescue-bots that they were alive, even though they sensed body heat not sound. Instead, he talked to Joe in a quiet desperate whisper because he didn’t want to die alone in the dark.
Joe said, “Name not Joe. Ust simpler for use.”
“So what’s you’re real name?”
“It’s not for ears.” There was a water-y sound to Joe’s alien accent that shouldn’t be there. It frightened Kevin more than the pain in his own legs. He knew next to nothing about Joe’s people but what if that was sign he was dying.
“Okay, Mr. Not-For-Ears, I can see why you go by ‘Joe.’”
Joe whispered brokenly, “Poor—joke.”
“Yeah. Well, I’m not at my best lying under half a building. Maybe I’ll get a new set of legs after this. Women think cybernetics are sexy.” An after-shock hit. He heard the building groan and debris rained down like hail on the prairie. Joe must’ve shielded him again because none of it hit Kevin.
“I think I can hear the rescue-bots digging. It won’t be long.” Logic told Kevin not to talk. To conserve what little air they had until rescue. His instincts begged him to scream, call out to rescue-bots that they were alive, even though they sensed body heat not sound. Instead, he talked to Joe in a quiet desperate whisper because he didn’t want to die alone in the dark.
Joe said, “Name not Joe. Ust simpler for use.”
“So what’s you’re real name?”
“It’s not for ears.” There was a water-y sound to Joe’s alien accent that shouldn’t be there. It frightened Kevin more than the pain in his own legs. He knew next to nothing about Joe’s people but what if that was sign he was dying.
“Okay, Mr. Not-For-Ears, I can see why you go by ‘Joe.’”
Joe whispered brokenly, “Poor—joke.”
“Yeah. Well, I’m not at my best lying under half a building. Maybe I’ll get a new set of legs after this. Women think cybernetics are sexy.” An after-shock hit. He heard the building groan and debris rained down like hail on the prairie. Joe must’ve shielded him again because none of it hit Kevin.
