Tag: people

You’re supposed to kind of earn it.
That’s what he says, and that’s what he means.
She’s a brave lass indeed!
There will be handshakes and toasts. There will be congratulations all round.
Where’s the rest of the party?
There’s a murmur of voices.
It’s a magic flying machine.
The engine is what makes it go.
You sure you got permission for all this?
Bustling around is always a help.
Taking things too far had been his trademark.
Many, it seems, are seriously interested in aliens and special effects.
Everything depends on his will.
You are being far too abstract. These are real people.
I couldn’t have done it without you.
You’ve certainly been stirring up some waves!
The show rolled on, as shows do.
From the height, there’s nowhere to go but down.
He smiles: the illusion of a smile. Pretense, fakery, but who’s to know?
If he was going to end up with the outcasts, he could at least choose his fate.
He had been through all of this before, and it was all familiar.
He did not always get it right.
It explains everything.
Gone Fishin’
But tell us why you think you ended up here.
She believes she may close her eyes and take a deep breath.
It was always that way and it always will be.
The world keeps turning and it has carried them with it.
Maybe later we’ll do something different.
There is nothing to do but hope that whatever comes next will be brighter and better.
The whole house is haunted. It will not let her go.
It is an era of change, that much is clear.
More than anything, she longs for adventures of her own.
What were you planning to do this morning?
Then I sit on a rock and try to think.
We talked for a long time.
How do you think I feel about it?
Can I get you anything to drink while you’re waiting?
People don’t travel so much these days.
None of this is normal, of course.
Plenty of time to go on as before.
Forward planning has never been my strong point.
And then things started to change.
I’m not going to give up.
What are you waiting for?
Why do you think it matters?
This time tomorrow it’ll be as if it never happened.
It seems that no one can exactly remember what happened.
But this is not an alternative universe.
It seemed to go on forever.