My Shattered World
The people surround me, their voices tumbling over one another, their faces positively glowing with anger.
Grandfather raises his hands, eventually quieting them, though I’d never in my life experienced such silent fury.
He drops to a crouch to look into my eyes. His voice is soft, but I can hear the sharp disappointment. “Toby… what have you done?”
I can’t answer. I’m choking on tears. Grandfather takes me out of that room and into his office, lecturing me sternly about never, ever going places I know I’m not invited. The others join him after they’ve gotten dressed, and all I can distinguish are three words. “Contamination”, “sabotage”, and “catastrophic”. All big words, and while I genera
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