| REMNANTS: HIBERNATION And still, Billy Weir did not sleep. He thought. I'll be there. I'll be there. The planet. Many will not. Billions have died. We will not be alone. But I'll be there. I will not sleep. I will not hibernate. I cannot, I simply must sit here to my own thoughts for the five hundred years till we reach the planet. Land in take off position. Discover its twin landscapes. I'll be there. I'll be there, but many will not. Many. Many children will be there, but their parents will not. We'll be there. Then, after five hundred years of keeping himself to his thoughts, Billy Weir knew the ship had landed. He felt it in his mind. Those who have survived are here. They are here. Those who have not... Slowly, Billy Weir woke. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jobs' mom awoke from her slumber. But the plastic would not budge. Rather, her hand went straight through it. What is going on? She left the berth, simply walked through. She didn't know what was happening. Then she saw the screens on the berths. The screens designed so that people would know whether their family members were alive or dead. She saw her husband's. He's alive, good. Thank god he's |