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Calibration 74: Chapter Thirty-Two
Calibration 74 is a serial novel experiment, posted raw and unedited as it is written. It is recommended you start at the beginning.
Chapter Thirty-Two
I awake and nothing has changed. No skin sloughs from my body. No pile of freshly shed feathers lay molted at my feet. I was me and me I remain, for if anything has happened whilst in my slumber, it has happened without my knowing.
The pigeons ignore my movement. They don’t even know I’m here.
If I’m here.
The last vestiges of twilight sneak through the windows that open to the city. Orange surrounds me like a Mars sky. Like I’ve awoken on a strange new planet. But nothing is new or strange here. Only different, yet the same as always.
Just another day ending. It’s time for me to go home.
With every heavy thud of my boots on the staircase down to the church’s entrance, I expect to awaken the spirits of those who’ve decided to find refuge here. A door creaks open and a flood of light bathes the space below.
“Hello, is there someone there?” a voice echoes.
I do not answer. I merely continue my descent.
One.
Step.
