another, that part I do remember.
Let’ s see. I was sitting next to a Jollibee that day; I think it was the one that used to be the one near the LRT. What station was that again?
Gilmore? I offered.
Ah yeah, that one. Read up on me did you? Anyway, you probably know the rest. A meteor fell out of the sky and crashed right the f * ck where I was sitting. I didn’ t know if there was an explosion or not but when I woke up the destruction was terrible. Black smoke everywhere, I couldn’ t breathe. Everything was shaking. But the screams – those were the worst. High pitched sounds garbled through the air, and it never stopped. I moved away as fast as I could to get away from them. There was a woman, got crushed under some debris, she wasn’ t dead yet but she turned her head and looked at me, her eyes lolling around as if she wasn’ t really there anymore. Still makes me shiver, then I slipped and hit my head on a rock. Very heroic. awake and went over. She asked if I was dizzy or felt any pain, I said‘ no’. She took one sweeping look at me, helped me up, and pushed me out the door. Did I mention I was still bleeding from my f * cking head? Healthcare in this country, I swear. He threw his hands up.
He wiped his face with both hands as if he was really tired and rubbed his temples with his knuckles for a bit. Anyway, you probably already know. A week later I made my spectacular debut. A window washers’… what do you call those things they ride on? Well whatever, one of those things broke and he started falling. Then from out of nowhere – whoosh – he mimed with his hand, cutting through the air there was a blur and the good citizen was being brought safely down by Manila’ s newest superhero. Captain... Flight. He laid back into his chair, closing his eyes and letting his arms hang off the sides.
You sound disappointed, with the name, specifically. I said.
I woke up and I was lying on a blanket on the hospital floor. I wasn’ t the only one; all the beds were occupied and more victims from the crash were still coming. A nurse noticed I was
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