Delilah thought she’d found a way out and rushed straight in.I raised my hand and slammed the emergency close button beside the door. The heavy alloy door began to shut, slowly sealing her screams and curses inside the subzero cold.I leaned against the freezing metal surface, listening to Rhys’s anxious voice crackling through the radio.I pressed the button. "I’m alive. Just took out the trash."The first month after the final battle, Rhys and I became the only two living ghosts in the entire logistics park.The days that followed were bland and repetitive. We repaired solar panels and counted supplies, like NPCs stuck in a glitched game.Rhys would often stand staring out at the frozen wasteland, absentmindedly knocking his wrench against the railing."Cut it out." I leaned out from behind a checklist. "You’re not going to summon a miracle.""Boss, when’s this snow ever going to melt?""When the devs patch the game."I didn’t expect the patch to come so soon.In the seco
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