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Somewhere, Earth.
The phone on the other side of the connection had hung up a long time ago, but I keep my end of the connection alive, the dial tone ringing in my ear. My eyes are looking straight before me, but my mind is elsewhere entirely. I knew this day would come, I’ve dreaded it for the last 70 years.
The day of reckoning has come.
Project Shepherd is live.
Project Shepherd never died.
I feel my anger rise within me. I close my eyes to calm down my emotions, but judging by the sound of glass shattering against the wall, I’m failing miserably.
Damn Jesse Manes! Damn him to hell!
Why could he not leave it alone? Leave them alone.
I stare at the home I made for myself. The life I created away from my past. But I knew I had to go back.
I had to go home.