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Martin Banks enjoyed science. As a child he read about people who made huge, world-changing discoveries, and he had wondered what emotions he would feel if he ever discovered something really earth-shattering. Now he had made just such a discovery, and he was surprised to find that the answer was absolute bowel-loosening terror.
The TV droned away in the background, providing ambient light, occasional distraction, and the illusion of human contact.
The moment that Martin thought, No sane person would be interested in a file like that, was the moment he decided to give it a look.
He had spent a lot of time thinking about himself, and had come to the conclusion that he was definitely not self-absorbed.
He went to bed. Not to sleep. To bed.
The fact that reality doesn’t match what you want or expect isn’t reality’s fault. Besides, authenticity is overrated. When you were a kid playing in your backyard, who did you pretend to be, Han Solo piloting the Millennium Falcon, or Buzz Aldrin going to the bathroom in his astronaut pants?”
