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'There was a tine when I thought this was a good thing,' Donald said. 'What they did, trying to save the world. They had me convinced that a mass extinctions was inevitable, that a war was about to break out & claim everyone. But you know what I think? I think they knew that if a war broke out between all these invisible machines, that some pockets of people would survive here and there. So they built this.
— Jun 13, 2026 12:57AM
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They made sure the destruction was complete so they could control it.'
'They wanted to make sure the only pockets of people who survive were in their pockets,' Charlotte said.
'Exactly. They weren't trying to save the world, they were trying to save themselves. Even if we'd go extinct, the world would've gone right on along without us. Nature finds a way.'
— Jun 13, 2026 01:00AM
'They wanted to make sure the only pockets of people who survive were in their pockets,' Charlotte said.
'Exactly. They weren't trying to save the world, they were trying to save themselves. Even if we'd go extinct, the world would've gone right on along without us. Nature finds a way.'
Liliana Kiss
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'We ought to make things how they used to be,' Elise told them both.
For some reason that made Jewel laugh. 'You're too young to be nostalgic,' she said.
Elise asked what nostalgic meant, and Jewel said 'It's where you think the past was better than it really was, only because the present sucks so bad.'
— May 31, 2026 10:48PM
For some reason that made Jewel laugh. 'You're too young to be nostalgic,' she said.
Elise asked what nostalgic meant, and Jewel said 'It's where you think the past was better than it really was, only because the present sucks so bad.'
Liliana Kiss
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Invisible machines rode the winds around the planet, destroying anything human, returning the world to wilderness. The people buried underground were dormant seeds that would have to wait another 200 years before they sprouted. Two hundred years. Donald felt his throat begin to tickle once more and wondered if he had two days in him.
— May 30, 2026 11:13PM
Liliana Kiss
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'What lasts forever?' she obliged [...] 'Our decisions,' he said. [...] Lukas turned to face her. 'Yeah. Our actions, you know? They last for ever. Whatever we do, it'll always be what we did. There is no taking them back.'
— May 30, 2026 10:28AM
Liliana Kiss
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'It doesn't bother me that I won't be around one day,' Lukas said after a while. 'I don't stress about the fact that I wasn't here 100 years ago. I think death will be a lot like that. 100 years from now my life will be just like it was 100 years ago.'
— May 30, 2026 10:25AM
Liliana Kiss
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As she turned, the woman rubbed the cross and kissed it and Juliette thought of Father Wendel and the idea that she was bringing fear, not hope, to the silo. Hope was what he and the church offered, some place to exist after death. Fear came from the chance that changing the world for the better could possibly make it worse.
— May 30, 2026 10:05AM
Liliana Kiss
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For all they knew, these were the first tests made of the outside air. Reams & reams of bogus reports from previous cleanings had been nothing but numbers used to uphold & justify fears. It was a charade of progress, of efforts being made to right the world, when all they ever cared about was selling the story of how wrong it was.
— May 29, 2026 11:57PM
Liliana Kiss
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They were responsible for one another. Without people, this silo would become as Solo's had: rusted and fairly drowned. Without the silo she would be a skull on a hill, looking blankly to the cloud-filled skies. They needed each other.
— May 19, 2026 08:18PM
Liliana Kiss
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Hand frowned. 'You know I trust you and all, but when you tell people around here that things are going to improve, all they hear is that things are going to change. And for those who are breathing and count that as a blessing, they take that to mean one thing and one thing only.'
— May 18, 2026 11:11PM
