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Delivered July 7 2094 1 PM.
June, The evacuation alarm went off last night, and I almost slept through it. I must have been having a really good dream. Now I can’t stop thinking about what it would have been like if I didn’t wake up in time. I imagined it peaceful. I have this vision of me lying in bed while the noise and heat of the fire gets closer and closer, the flames licking up my parents’ quilted comforter.
Remember the summer of 2088 when we stayed to defend the house? We fought about it because I wanted to stay and you wanted to leave. Those giant water hoses felt like wrestling with a python. By the third day we were both exhausted and covered in grit, every breath tasting like smoke. I remember you bandaged that long burn on my arm from a falling branch, hot and angry. You were... Read more
