“I read an interview with someone who had been tortured; they described the aftereffects as "similar to those experienced by victims of radioactive poisoning." Radioactive matter lingers for decades in muscle and bone, causing chromosomes to mutate. Cells turn cancerous, life attacks itself.”
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“Though it's now close to midnight, the wind is still heavy with heat.”
“The summer night is sultry, its hot fug of air dragging on your limbs.”
“Blanked out sentences that you had to fill with your imagination.”
“What a thing it is to be young, and be able to read such fine print without glasses.”
“What good is a suit of armor if I'm falling from such a great height?”
“You are standing in the streetlamp's cone of ashen light, looking out into the gathering dark.”
“The dream grows less cruel as you move closer to wakefulness.”