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July 25, 2041
“No longer must you dream alone. No longer invoke bright fireworks of imagination, then resort to dead cinders of words to describe them. Even the loneliest flight of fantasy now has room for two.”
The Speeches of Damon Leiter
The Speeches of Damon Leiter Collected by V.A. Klug
Damon watched his apartment for an hour before going in. The police had quickly discovered that he was missing from the hospital. His home was the last place he should go. At least, he hoped that was how they thought.
He found Con naked, slouched in his favorite chair, eyes glazed. Damon thought he was dead—that the kidnappers had ensured his friend’s silence. A smell of urine came from Con"s chair.
Then Con"s eyes moved, back and forth, as if watching something. They wer
