[OTA] Three Days To Freedom
The borders are finally open. And no major crises occurred, no huge disasters narrowly averted. Just the weird reactions of the landscape, houses popping up where there weren't any before, trees and rocks and bushes out of nowhere. It's a little worrying, but then, maybe this is how the Deck copes with a sudden population expansion. Maybe once their numbers hit a certain point, it grows. Any legitimate accounts from the earliest days are long gone, after all, or at the very least cryptic. The tremors are a little more worrisome.
He knows he shouldn't leave, not now. But the borders being closed have brought on a lot of thinking. About what he's doing here. About what he was doing out there. About what's important. And what defines him as a person, and as a doctor. The trip is necessary, and as he tells his patients and other relevant parties today, making sure everyone's caught up and everything will be fine while he's gone, it's only for a couple weeks.
He knows he shouldn't leave, not now. But the borders being closed have brought on a lot of thinking. About what he's doing here. About what he was doing out there. About what's important. And what defines him as a person, and as a doctor. The trip is necessary, and as he tells his patients and other relevant parties today, making sure everyone's caught up and everything will be fine while he's gone, it's only for a couple weeks.