Something BigIf this is death, I'm sorely disappointed in the universe.
I've been here before, many times, in this darkness, and if this is all we get when we die, I'm not impressed. I hope ordinary humans get something more when they go because this is just sad. To make matters even worse, I'm not even getting the full run of my life passing in front of my eyes this time. It's only the last twenty-something minutes. Not my greatest hits.
What a shame.
There was a moment or two from my childhood I would have liked to revisit.
* * *
There's a flicker of light, like a school of fish reflected in a submarine's headlights, and I return to life. No sudden intake of breath, no tunnel of light. I simply wake up.
“Back online. Vitals stabilising.”
“Stop talking, Aeryn.”
“Whatever.”
“And h
