The pocket
The weight of the radiation seemed to increase, making every breath a labored effort.
Our conversation shifted from casual banter to whispered anxieties. We spoke of our hopes, however faint, for a better future, and of our fears—the fear of the dome collapsing, the fear of starvation, the fear of the creatures that lurked just beyond our reach. We spoke of the stories we’d read in the library, of a time before the radiation, a time of green fields and clear skies, a time when humanity wasn’t clinging to survival in the shadow of a shattered world. These stories, fragments of a lost past, were our only solace in the vast, desolate wasteland. They provided a spark of hope that kept us going.
Bab Populer