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“We ourselves are made of Stardust.”
― Carl Sagam

“Interesting how fashion is cyclical,�� Jaccob said when she came out of the store with two black plastic bags. “Goth was the look when I was young, too.��

“It’s not a look,�� Chuck said. “I’m just wearing my feelings on the outside.��

“Uh huh.�� His phone buzzed. “Hang on a second."

He rolled up his sleeve to check his HUD, but the call hadn’t come through there.

Huh. He had to pick up his phone and check the read-out, which listed a phone number: an old school page. “That’s funny…��

“Dad, you’re doing that thing again,�� Chuck said.

“What thing?�� Jaccob asked.

“That thing where you have to check every single doohickey you carry around.��

“I am not.�� Jaccob took his hand out of his coat pocket, where he’d been reaching to check his police scanner or music player (he hadn’t decided which to use first).”
― Erik Scott de Bie, Cobalt City Double Feature