The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Suspension (6)

“What happens to me? ”

The prisoner asks, anxious, but with vague expectations. A heart that wants to be treated better than other prisoners. Winter calmed down.

“Do you think protecting your children will be an immunity? ”

“ ……. ”

I couldn't say that, but the prisoner looked unfair.

“What's your name? ”

“Manuel, this is Manuel Hayes. ”

“Okay, Hayes. Tell me what you were sentenced to death for. You'd better not be lying. I can ask you to run it down to the prisoner number. If it turns out that he cheated.... ”

What should we do? An unconventional tone frightens the prisoner even more.

“Sa, I killed a man. ”

“Of course you did. Why? ”

“I was hungry, no, I didn't mean to kill you, but I really, really didn't want to kill you, but when he suddenly pulled out his gun, seconds and guns, he stopped reflexively…… with his sword…. ”

“Stop saying useless things and get hungry? ”

“Yes. at that time, I thought, what should I say? I couldn't eat, so I put the rope in line.... I just didn't think of anything. Except for the cheeseburger. Why was it a cheeseburger, but it was all in my head, and he went into the house, and his hand was full of hamburger bags, and it smelled... Damn, why didn't he lock the door? People like you don't know what it's like. How do scum like me live in a refuge area……. ”

“Do you really think I don't know? Are you from the refugees?”

Refugees come from the millennium, but their lives are authentic. Illegal casinos were an independent virtual reality and could not be accessed in the general family. My parents, who dreamt of leaving the house with a thousand dollars, looked at empty energy packs and hungry children and said, Oh, I forgot.

“Who else did you kill? ”

Winter asked.

“If there was an extenuating circumstance and you weren't sentimental, you had a good reason. The second victim was probably family, since the place was home. Did you kill your whole family? ”

The valley, the prisoner, and Hayes do not lift their heads. But I still feel guilty.

“I killed a man, and someone screamed. After killing the woman, this time the children again.... Fuck, fuck, fuck! I chased them up the stairs, those kids.... ”

He blushes for a moment, then speaks out like a desperate man. I tried to disguise myself as a couple fight when I pulled the body, but I took it away in the middle. I ate a burger and then I called the cops on my own.

“I ate it for days. I almost died on the way to prison. But the fucking funny thing is, the hamburger was so, so good, It wasn't a cheeseburger, but it didn't matter. Birds, the best hamburgers and fries of my life. I swear, it was better than my mom's food. ”

I knew the evacuees were in bad shape. There are stories I've heard from boys and girls in the Port Roberts Citizen Area. People don't want to go east. Conservative compassion might have been an impact, but the refugee relief that was first distributed to the citizens would have been greater.

From the presence of civilians at the military base in the original contamination area, it was evidence that the refugee reserve beyond the blockade was saturated.

“Major, can't you just let me go? It's raining here anyway. I'll be like a dead rat. You can't live long without it anyway. Just leave it. Yes?”

The prisoner wept again, hoping for compassion. My hands are tied behind my waist, and my face is covered in tears. Stop walking and beg for a leaky sound to the winter.

“I know I'm a fucking piece of shit. I know, but since you killed four people and saved five, you can give me a little, a little nudge, right? Lots of lives saved! If we get caught like this, we might be treated like toys and die like dogs... Please, please... ”

Winter shakes her head.

“A person's life is not a subtraction. It's the only one.”

“Is that why you can't? ”

“You can't undo what you've already done. ”

“Fuck……. ”

“I'm not finished with you. Since it's true that you did a good deed, I will try not to be treated unjustly. Eventually, even if he did, he wouldn't have to suffer any other pain until then. At least as long as I have your right to life and death. ”

“It'll only take a moment.... ”

“I'm going to come back and make a proposal. ”

“What if the proposal isn't accepted? ”

“This is for the best. Don't expect too much. ”

The prisoner sighs at the sky.

However, it was not unlikely. As long as there is no defect, an Independent will be given to the winter. Enough to take care of prisoners. Of course it matters how Colonel Rogers of Olema accepts it. He's stubborn and stiff, so he might ask you to kill them all.

After a walk with an interrogation, Winter lent Morales a cigarette. You bite the prisoner's mouth and light the fire. Just for a minute. Untie the restraints. The prisoner coughs for a long time, and his eyes turn red again. Whoever was the hardest thing on the inside was himself.

“Major, it's a shift change. We had to get one of our own at a time. Now it's my turn. Even a cop doesn't believe that. even though he had military experience. ”

Winter checked Morales' notes. More people than expected. You can find additional information on whether you are armed and serving in the military. There are also reserves, so there shouldn't be any big problem.

“Sounds good. Let's do this. ”

“Whoa. Go inside when you get a chance. Schultz saved the TV on the first floor. It's a satellite cable broadcast, and I just saw my hot sisters, and they were burning up. They've all taken one step at a time. ”

Morales smiling like an accomplice. Winter was a rough nod. TV. I was curious about how the world was going. My vision was too narrow for a while.

After leaving Manuel Hayes with the Sheriff, he enters the Clergy's quarters and welcomes the rest of the group. There was another reason I was eagerly waiting for winter, but it was a beer. Airborne goods include alcoholic beverages at low rates. Measures that take into account the emotional state of isolated civilians in contaminated areas.

Alejandro gives you a desperate look.

“Can't you just drink one bottle at a time when it's off? I am confident that I will never get drunk. ”

Winter nods.

“Yeah, I'll watch the news for you. ”

“ ……. ”

The three soldiers exchange their eyes with each other, and they alternately look at the crate of beer with the men and women groaning on the screen. With a really serious look on his face. After whispering his opinion, Schulz carefully suggested.

“How about half an hour? ”

“An hour. ”

“It's 45 minutes of compromise.... ”

“An hour. ”

“Anyway, important information like the current situation needs to be re-checked in the news to appear on the PDA……. ”

“An hour. ”

“Then we'd better double the beer. ”

“I don't think so. ”

The rank was gangsters. The crew accepted the deal with an aggressive look on their faces. complaining that the price of beer is too expensive. It was a warm beer. Winter turned the channel without a doubt. I was a little lost because the numbers and functions were strange, but I found them soon. Alejandro presses the stopwatch.

“ ……. ”

It was surprisingly international news.

"This is breaking news from Russia. Ulyanovsk City, one of the main nodes of the Bolga River defense line, is about to be taken down, and a correspondent out of EMERCOM will give you more information. Miss Douglas, can you hear me?

"Yes, this is Haley Douglas.

What happened? You didn't have any problems until recently, did you?

It was, but things are always changing. Emergency Secretary General Alexander Yemilov announced that today at 6: 11 pm, the collapse of the city's perimeter defense line was reported. If you look at the satellite images, the population is at least 200,000, and the dispersed troops and civilians are continuing the desperate struggle.

"So the city is completely destroyed?

It was initially known, but not true. As you can see, the city of Ulyanovsk is divided around the Bolga River, and the eastern city is still safe because it blocks two bridges across the river. But the number of people who haven't evacuated is over 100,000. The impact seems to be greater because it was Russia that had kept the power lines stable for a while. We'll show you live coverage of the emergency department's local situation.

Here is a video taken from the sky. It seems to be transmitting a delayed UAV via a flashing Cyrillic text. You see a city split in a huge river stream. The east side of the city was illuminated by artificial light, and the west was illuminated by scattered fire and black smoke.

“Phew, look at that. It's so crowded. Russia's a living hell. ”

Harper sighed and drank beer.

Russia always seemed to be a white North, but not on the screen. The surrounding city was vast green. It was packed with well-organized farmland. The land used to cultivate hope, but now it is full of ever-growing plagues.

Mutant groups were large enough to be difficult to estimate. Specialty variants of an unfamiliar shape were mixed in the herd. The difference is obvious from a high point of view. There was also a clear purpose for the overall movement, whether there were any commanding objects there. Soldiers shooting at the road from the rooftop look up at the sky. I waved my arm desperately toward the screen. Behind them were civilians.

Alejandro said.

“I'm not sad to see that. Does it feel unreal or familiar...? ”

Other than that, everyone else is depressed. Winter brings out the remote control.

“I guess I didn't want to see you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen. Turn to the channel everyone wants to see. ”

However, no one accepts it. Schulz pats his dog back.

“I'll keep looking. I feel obligated.”

“Obligation?”

“Yes. I think I should cheer for them……. Maybe it's not a sense of obligation, it's a fear thing. What if we're the only ones left in the world? ”

Daxhund senses the depression of the sweetest soldier and grunts. It looks like it has been washed in between. Rough fur is still psychotic, but it looks like a different dog from before.

Harper raises questions.

“But why would they show it like that? The disadvantages of us tend to branch out, but it's so strange because of Russia. Should I say it doesn't suit you? ”

Winter seemed to know why.

“We got nuked. ”

“Huh? What does it matter? ”

“You're worried that there will be less or less support. I know it's been a long time since we've been able to help other countries, even though we're busy. I don't know, but I think that's a pretty strong argument after the nuclear explosion. That's one of the reasons I wanted to watch the news. ”

Isolation in the United States has a long history before the disaster.

The Russians couldn't have known about this airflow. The embassy will remain intact, and there will be spies.

“Wow. Is that it? From what I've heard, it looks like.... But you're not thinking like me at all. You must have studied pretty well as a student. ”

Winter made an awkward smile instead of an answer. No beer to recommend.

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# Q&A

Q. PAM: @ fun story. There's a kind of warp in the future. It's the same function, if you make all the information the same on a split basis. So what about people? Memories are the same, but I might be someone else after I die. But when continuity is also microscopic, eventually every moment becomes discontinuous. It's one of those stories where there's absolute evil, but there's no good. Unlike the Bible, evil is easy to define, but good is hard to define. The opposite of good is evil, but the opposite of evil can be another evil. It's an arrogant topic because it's hard for people to even know what goodness is. In mathematics, ideally you would compare the size of an integer to an integer, but it actually feels more complex than the number of employees, so there is an equal sign. There may be a kind of relationship, but there is no unequal sign.

A. With regard to continuity, it is likely that many of you will feel that the original winter died, as you said, if AI becomes a new winter. That's why I said no happy endings.

I think I mentioned it once in a comment response, but in the original plot that I planned for half the hopes and half the sorrows, Operation AI was going to be destroyed. The subtitle was when the stars went down.

So I didn't think about the deployment of Operation AI instead of winter. I really do.

Sometimes you're surprised that your reader's compassion overwhelms the writer.:)

I want many of you to think about good and evil. The text is finished when it's delivered to the reader.

Q. Blue Wave 2: Ah, continuity is an important topic... @ is there anything as extravagant as the SCP Foundation?

A. There's no such thing. But here I am, a writer.

Q. rumen: Why do I have to do @ minesweeping? Interfering with the soldiers' retreat?

A. Securing a new supply line.

Q. Life Saver: When I saw @ Good and Evil, I remembered the gift of Room 7 at dawn. The real story was about creating and overwriting sin without the pressure of dictatorship. 15 years of suffering. The resentment that appealed to innocence turned out to be innocent, but not one or two people were sold and shot.

A. Gunshot... a little too much? It doesn't fit? It might not fit. It is true that even if you miss ten sinners, you should not have one unfair person. That's why there are more and more countries who sentence them to death and don't enforce them.

Q. Karphis: If you think about it, I want you to lock Zachary in the studio and just write. So, coupons!

A. Thank you. But don't actually lock him up. It's a creature that doesn't leave the house if you don't lock it up.

Q. Wipkis: @ Is the Internet still alive in this worldview?

A. Yes. Connection to other countries is unstable, but the domestic network itself works very well.