["totes". the word throws him enough to make him squint at her for the briefest moment. right. slang. who knows what year she's even from.]
Yeah, that's exactly what happened. So I was the only human being left alive in the world.
[he tells this next bit slowly, but not in any sort of tone that begs for pity. he made his bed, he slept in it, and now it's just fact... especially since he isn't trying to convince anyone it actually happened and needs to be prevented, here]
I wandered back and forth across America for years. Decades, even. I lost track for a little while. When you survive on bugs and ground water, the days kinda blur together. I'd go into buildings of all kinds and raid whatever was still intact... My first big find was a Gimbels department store that still had a decent amount of its camping section left. I'd just loaded up a Red Flyer wagon with a tent and tarps and rope and stuff, and I was pulling it toward the back of the store to see what else was there ... and that's when I found Dolores, fending for herself in the women's clothing section. She was in rough shape, but she was still smiling, which ... I think might have been why I fell for her in an instant.
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sforzinda
Re: prepare for a novel
Date: 2021-02-10 05:12 am (UTC)Yeah, that's exactly what happened. So I was the only human being left alive in the world.
[he tells this next bit slowly, but not in any sort of tone that begs for pity. he made his bed, he slept in it, and now it's just fact... especially since he isn't trying to convince anyone it actually happened and needs to be prevented, here]
I wandered back and forth across America for years. Decades, even. I lost track for a little while. When you survive on bugs and ground water, the days kinda blur together. I'd go into buildings of all kinds and raid whatever was still intact... My first big find was a Gimbels department store that still had a decent amount of its camping section left. I'd just loaded up a Red Flyer wagon with a tent and tarps and rope and stuff, and I was pulling it toward the back of the store to see what else was there ... and that's when I found Dolores, fending for herself in the women's clothing section. She was in rough shape, but she was still smiling, which ... I think might have been why I fell for her in an instant.