The Darkness Outside Us

by Eliot Schrefer

Am I flirting with my operating system? I think I’m flirting with my operating system.

Keeping secrets now. I guess there’s no honor among operating systems.

Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power.

I want an Ambrose and a Kodiak to eventually get off this ship. I want them to have a chance to live their lives together. Their happiness will be ours and not ours. That’s the most I can hope for.