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The baby needs to be walked a lot. If she is not walked she yells. So Rebecca walks and walks and knows the hallway well enough to do it with her eyes closed, so she does it with her eyes closed because she's so tired, so she doesn't see the difference until she hears her footsteps on concrete instead of carpet.
Cascadia Rebecca in Bliss Stage
anchoring
On the way to the office Lev will amuse himself by counting her one-two-three-four-FIVE six-seven-eight-nine-TEN toes.
anchoring
Lev's office is weirdly free of paper and computers, but there are a lot of books on shelves: science fiction, economics, survivalist books, resources about the kinds of plants.
"So, all I've heard is that you're a 'dream thing.'"
great_price
"I don't think I'm a dream thing. I don't know how I got here or where here is or why it's so postapocalyptic though. I'm from Deseret? I was at home walking the baby down the hall and then I wasn't."
anchoring
"Can you tell me what Deseret is like? --Sorry, I bet you're confused, I just want to know how far back I need to start the explanation."
great_price
"Uh, Deseret's an LDS-majority country that broke off from the United States when it collapsed and is all of what used to be Utah and some extra stuff next to that too?"
anchoring
"So, seven years ago, in 2018, everyone aged 18 or older suddenly felt this overwhelming overpowering desire to take a nap. And if they did, they went to sleep and they didn't wake up. They don't need food or water, animals don't attack them, they stay alive remarkably well, they just... never wake up. We call this event the Bliss, because it seems like they're having happy dreams, and we call the unconscious people the sleepers."
anchoring
"It turns out that the Bliss was an invasion attempt on the part of an alien race. We don't know who they are or what they want or what they're capable of. One year after the Bliss they sent out drones to try to kill as many kids as they could find."
anchoring
"The aliens touching our world-- changed it. In bad ways, and good ones. You've probably experienced the Something."
anchoring
"At least it helpfully told us it existed! But yeah if you leave a door or a window open at night everyone in your house will get eaten by the Something. --We quadruple-check every night."
anchoring
"Yeah! There are buffets that wander around the world. Usually waffles, but not always. Lots of kids would have starved if not for those."