No Longer a Child
Mung sat on a rock near the perimeter looking out at the first rays of the forbidden sunlight. He had a good hour more before the intensity became harmful, and there was always the cave in case of an emergency. Of course, getting trapped in a cave meant that his chores would go undone and Momma Ralo would hit him on the leg with her stick, but that was better than dying. Mung looked under his biomech for signs of sun poisoning on his flesh, but found only goosebumps from the chilly breezes of the Abyss.I watched from my post in the tower. It was my job, among other things, to protect Mung and the other Children. My Children."Mung," I said into my microphone. "The sun is coming up. You'd better go home." The man nodded and began to run, racing to go faster than the rays of the poisonous sun.Momma Ralo beat Mung well with her stick, but he did not cry. He knew he deserved the pain. Later, he sat tending the wounds as Momma looked on."That's what bad children get," said Momma. "You could have died out there in the sun. Or worse.""Worse, Momma?" asked Mung. "What could be worse than death?""I went there once," she said. "There was a place worse than death, but I can't re
"Is it something good?""Yes," I said. ""From the sun?""Yes," I said, hearing the tinge of sadness in my own voice. He was a handsome boy, and he followed the rules, not like that reckless Mung. "Momma was right," I say with full sonic. "* * *Mung cried later that evening when Momma stripped away his biomech. " The first few rays peeked up from beyond the Abyss. Richard is a name from outside, where you were once.
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