Alpha's Regret After I Left
“You’re a saint.”
“Not quite.” The doctor glances casually at the screens, where they display every hallway, every exit, the ICU wing, the emergency stairwell.
“You know,” he says lightly, switching to slower English, “these systems… they’re old, no?”
The other man scoffs. “Tell me about it. The main board overheats sometimes. Last week, we had to reboot twice.”
The doctor hums as if mildly interested. “Still using the analog relay backups?”
“Yeah. Why?”