Synthetic Dreams
Category: Sci-Fi
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
A knock at the door changed everything.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The end.