Stray Cat Strut

Chapter Sixty-Eight - Late, Locked, and Loaded



Chapter Sixty-Eight - Late, Locked, and Loaded

"Fear isn't the mind killer.

Stress is."

--A Corporate's Guide to the Modern World, second ed. 2035

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"Is it possible to be bored and stressed at the same time?" I asked the ceiling.

Lucy shifted next to me. Her nose pressed up against my arm, it was cold on the end. She pulled herself a little closer, as if she wanted to steal my warmth. "At the same time?" she asked. Her voice was husky and rough from having just woken up.

"Yeah," I said. "Is there a word for that?"

"I don't know," Lucy said. She yawned. "Make one up?"

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