Adrift

We all head in opposite directions, the Voice In The Speaker shouting threats as we go. I round a corner and things. move. very . s l o w .

I round the next corner. Jon and Deidre are waiting for me. Weird – they went the other way. De’s hair is longer. Jon has a short beard. Oh.

When we split up, I ran straight into another time distortion. VITS found a place for Jon and Deirdre to wait, in case I survived. In case?

They’ve been waiting for me for a month, give or take. It’s a shock, followed by rage; I’ll never find Kaetlyn like this. So much time lost.