Glass
Private Message from Atai [REPLY]
>I wrote this while I was thinking of a way to save you.
>And I set it to send in a year and a day.
>I blame Vlad, honestly.
>I
>I don't know what I feel for you.
>Felt.
>Or, I do. I just don't have the words for it.
>But I miss you so badly.
>So you'll forgive me for sending this.
>For letting me play at being with you again, one last time.
>Do you remember when we first talked like this?
>I was so scared of losing my family, Glass, but none of us had any ideas
>And I asked you and you just... you did it. You saved us.
>I know they're going to be treating me like a hero
>I'm not, Glass. I'm just as scared as I was then.
>I want to ask you for advice, I want you to tell me how I can fix it.
>But you did.
>You just
>You trust strangers.
>You ask for help, you ask for grace, and you get it.
>Because we're like that. People I mean.
>
>But, I want you to know, Glass.
>Every time they call me a hero or a saint or an angel.
>I'm just like you, Glass. I'm just doing what you did.
>
>I don't understand why you left us.
>That sounds mean but it's true.
>I don't know what it is that I couldn't give you that made you leave.
>I can't help but feel like.
>Was it the girl after all?
>Was she something I wasn't?
>
>Was she just a gateway
>Were you hurting in a way I couldn't tell?
>Glass
>I'm sorry and I forgive you.
>
>Listen, Glass.
>If what Mud thinks is true is even a little true.
>I am going to meet you again.
>Somewhere else, sometime else, a different me, a different you.
>And if what he thinks is wrong?
>Something something, not with that attitude.
>So I want you to do me a favor, please.
>Be who I thought you were.
>
>No that's not it.
>Be who you think I am.
>
>Glass.
>My best friend in the world.
>My fellow savior.
>Be brave
>Be strong
>Never lose that strength or nobility, in your heart.
>No matter how you grow up.
>When I see you
>I want you to be happy
>And healthy
>And wealthy
>And wise.
>And I fucking mean it, okay?
>I love you.
>
>Atai.
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We're All Human
FantasyA boy named Glass vanishes without a trace. His friend Atai wants to understand why. She's an artificial intelligence stuck in a computer, which makes investigating difficult-- but it's the age of the Internet, and strangers step up to help. Glass i...
