“Brima-18,” she whispered. Then, softer: “Orion.”
“No,” she admitted. “I want you to let me.”
“Designation?” the lab’s monotone voice asked.
Brima-18. Orion.
Outside, the city was a bruise of neon and rain. She walked for blocks before she realized she was crying. Not for what she’d destroyed. For what she’d finally, impossibly, made.
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“Brima-18,” she whispered. Then, softer: “Orion.”
“No,” she admitted. “I want you to let me.”
“Designation?” the lab’s monotone voice asked.
Brima-18. Orion.
Outside, the city was a bruise of neon and rain. She walked for blocks before she realized she was crying. Not for what she’d destroyed. For what she’d finally, impossibly, made.