“I’m nothing, here. A lowly surveillance analyst. Being the hero could have meant something good for me. Could have changed my whole”

“the only thing worse than a bigot is an “ally” who can’t stop congratulating themselves on their enlightenment.”

“The best sci-fi stories use the fantastical to remind us of the reality of who we are today, the hope of who we may become tomorrow, and the shame of who we were yesterday.”

“I know you’ve forgotten me, but I’ll remember you as long as I live.”

“I loved you even when you forgot me.And—for a little while—you loved me back.”

“I couldn’t make myself move from the bed. To reach for you. I’d known this moment was coming, and now that it had arrived I found I had no strength in my limbs.Only my voice. Only words.Asking you to stay.”

“I’m nothing, here. A lowly surveillance analyst. Being the hero could have meant something good for me. Could have changed my whole”

“I gave you all my secrets, and you lost them all. You lost a lot of things.But the treasure of it was in the giving, not the keeping.”

“I was asked a series of ques”

“I didn’t know what ”

“Not your distress. Never that. I loved— I loved being there. Next to you. The pile of limbs that was Us. Together in the same bed. Even if it meant waking up with a few new bruises.”