'I made a promise to Cuss-Bert' I reminded myself. 'There is no way in hell that I'm going to let that slide! If there is a river, they will have to walk with me on it's side. We will have a home. And we will be safe. Noone can hurt us there.'
I stepped closer to the glowing Halo. Just like before when I was hunting for a bug, as soon as I got over my first reaction, it became apparent that I was standing in an illusion.
There was no heat. The melting glow of the plasma the machine and myself were turning into was nothing but a picture, a projection of my fears. Yet this time I had another idea.
My body, the cyborg that I became, slowly melted behind me. I turned to face her, and walked closer. That mask I wore was emotionless, incapable to mirror the feelings I felt inside. Like a coco
