White space. Just snow and ice for miles and miles, no matter which direction you look. I rub my numb hands together, wonder what it is I'm doing out here, freezing my butt off in the middle of the arctic. No phones. No TV. Just me and a dozen lonely middle-aged men, wasting what's left of our lives at this research station, hoping to find... something... I don't even know what anymore.
There's a rap at my door, Windows leans in.
"MacReady flew in some coffee."
"Columbian?"
"Yeah, you wish."
It's the only thing left that reminds us we're human.
Ooh. I like the connection. Coffee makes us human, shows us our humanity.
ReplyDeleteThis is a reference to The Thing, right?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the reference wasn't totally lost ;-)
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