The silence that fell over the area was deafening. The only sound that could be heard was the wind blowing through and the crackling of the fire from the burning Auditorium behind us.
No one moved. No one said anything. We all just read that last line again and again, hoping against hope that it would change if we read it enough times.
But, of course, it didn’t. It couldn’t. The document said what it said.
Finally, it was Parasite, fittingly enough, who spoke first. He glared at Triplet, though his fists shook. “You’re wrong. Omega Man isn’t my dad. He can’t be.”
“I … I agree,” said Omega Man, sounding a bit like he had been taken by surprise. He rubbed his forehead. “I don’t have any children. Never have, never will. That document must be wrong.”
“I thought so, too,” said Triplet. H
