Living With You

It’s unnerving really, what can change in a small amount of time. Days that felt like months, minutes that tick into hours of delirium—it was the type of time that brought with it a steady trickle of change, the type that laid down the foundations to a routine. It seemed like yesterday that Alina had corned Claec in her bathroom and had questioned him on his existence. Her mind spiraling with thoughts and feelings she hadn’t known existed. She wasn’t sure when it had happened, but somewhere along the way, a month had passed. Chris’s visits had become scarce, only having talked to him on the phone once since he helped her remodel her home. And in the days that followed, she had become occupied with her new job and being harassed by Claec. The investigation into her memories and her family’s death churning to a slow stop that had fallen to the back burner. Every day had blossomed into something new.

And as Alina stepped into her home afte