11 AWAKE
2274 A.D. 21 YEARS OUT of Tau Ceti
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I WAS AWARE OF BEING in a box, I could hear the small echoes of sound from my breathing hitting my ear too fast, and I could smell the gas changes around me. I tried to remember why I would be in this position, but it was all a little hazy. I opened my eyes and saw the lid to my coffin-shaped container. The lid was translucent, and staring intently through the lid at me was a cat face.
The magic key to memory is apparently the sight of an aggravating pet. In a rush, I remembered what to me was the last few weeks, and so must have been twenty years ago. “All the beautiful girls in history that lost their looks to age, and for some reason, you get to look the same forever? I think we must be insane.”
The lid started retracting, and no
