The Sigma's Reluctant Mate
I pick the first thing that comes to mind, “Water. H2O. Dihydrogen Oxide. Molecular weight: 18.015. Clear, colorless, odorless. Possible states of matter: liquid, solid, gas. Freezes at zero degrees centigrade, boils at one hundred degrees centigrade. Essential for life.”
When I can manage sitting up, I turn the cold water on in the tub. I wait for it to get about three quarters full and fall in like a baby seal into the ocean, letting my head go completely underwater. I don’t even care that water splashes all over the floor. There is a small amount of relief from the cold water, but I know it would be better with ice floating in it.
“It’s an oxygen hydride. A mononuclear parent hydride and
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