The farther you get,
The closer to me
Taj Mahal, Cameroon
Back in time, to the moon
61. Classy
Every once in a while her friends seemed too young, but that wasn't as bad as when they seemed to tell her she could do better than her husband.
89. Grief
Maybe it was just having to deal with losing her eyesight on top of everything, but she was surprisingly numb to the fact that her husband had just died.
10. Willingness
It wasn't that she didn't want to be with him. But sometimes even the person you love the most belongs somewhere else.
3. Prince Charming
After he got promoted it was easier to turn people away. ((She's just attracted to my rank,)) he explained, and didn't have to go into the truth.
31. Psychotic
All the others she wrote off to the brain damage, but the blue one seemed real.
28. Honor
When you're out in space, you don't remember how famous you are on the planet that will never feel quite like home. You need other reasons to keep fighting.
75. My Life
When she felt too sorry for herself, she remembered that she didn't really know what she had had to lose.
15. Dysfunctional
"Hitched again? Congratulations."
"Shut up."
"There's twice as many of you now. You should have to take care of him twice as long."
He cussed at the dial tone.
95. Shine
It would be so easy to calculate Earth's position, to look for its sun among the many stars, but he couldn't risk one step towards nostalgia. So he did nothing.
49. With All My Heart
It's easier to love someone when you don't know any of their faults or why they're not there for you. You just desperately miss who you assume they are.
59. Broken
((So how old were you when I was born?))
((You've been on Maximum Burn again, haven't you? That'll teach you to play with relativity.))
74. Left Out
He added another elaborate detail to a card that would never be read. At least school got out before Father's Day.
92. Go The Distance
He was ranked high enough that he could have flown to Earth whenever he wanted, rift or no rift.
He waited for orders from the Electorate.
98. Pinky Promise
((Just leave her be.))
((Of course,)) said the Yeerk, testing his fingers.
Somehow making a deal with the parasite felt familiar.
91. Small World
He unsteadily guided the fighter down where the forest should have been. Where else could he go? At least he was pulling the strings that time.
22. Finish This
((So,)) he said. Privately: he wouldn't explain the whole story to his lieutenants. ((Now we finish what we began in a vortex.))
Elfangor had no mouth to smirk with.
70. Words
Other people's hirac delests were unstructured, ineffable things to be shared mind-to-mind, but he hoped humans would read it someday.
