“Of course, it’s rightful for you to hold onto the memory of their deaths,” said the doctor, his face gleaming white from all the cold bright light of the room. There was a hint of sincerity with his minute movement, of leaning forward as he held the tablet in his hand. “We are not pushing you to quickly move on with your life, but you should do so for the sake of your future. You must accept that.”
Settling herself outside of the room felt like a breath of fresh air, and the water she drank before feels fresher and cooler than it did inside the room, in his presence. Cynicism doesn’t come naturally for Bernice who’s been quite neutral on several occasions, except, perhaps, when her two best friends felt like they were distancing themselves from her even before they went out with each other.
Perhaps it’s much more honest to say, right now, after so long, that she was jealous of their existence. That they fou
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Both Bernice, who tried her best to hide her presence from the people in the elevator, and the man named Mr. Daquiaog arrived at the lobby with the intent of going to the lounge. More for Bernice’s sake than anything, as the man was kind enough to offer her some cover as she confused herself in trying to make sense of her actions.“My doctor’s session just took some time today, but I usually don’t lose track of things.” Bernice internalized as she held her phone to see if Dr. Munar would pick up after she’s messaged him that she was going home. “Well, usually Dr. Munar is here to wait for me, but today he’s handling some paperwork regarding my, uhm… citizenship.”“Ah, you’re the kid Dr. Munar’s adopting from A-city.” Mr. Daquioag said as he sat down beside her.Bernice nodded, “and… are you one of the, uhm, soldiers? Who helped us get back here?”
Suitable Bags of Flesh Chapter 33 (part 4)
Dr. Munar and Belle greeted each other like old men in a bar, standing up and shaking hands and staying still in place while conversing with each other about relevant stuff regarding political strife. At least that’s how it sounds to Bernice as she stood up beside Belle and had her hug and greeting with the doctor. They stayed there for full three long minutes before the doctor said, “well, we better go to the hospital for a final check-up. She’s going to have her first logging process in the government database for her body’s condition. Not the most pleasant thing to hear about, but it’s required to become a citizen.”“Ah,” Belle said as he smirked. “Don’t be bothered when they stick a needle at this part of your neck.” He pointed to his neck and Bernice unconsciously touched hers. “It’s a myth when they say they’ll inject you with a microchip without permission, but if you don&
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Side eyeing Bernice, Belle leaned his body sideways and made a face that said, “in front of the kid?”. Bernice who was trying not to show any form of interest in the conversation focused her eyes on the screen of her phone. There’s a peak of curiosity in the topic of their conversation but there’s no limit to how interested she should be, nevertheless, Dr. Munar answered for her as his future guardian. Before properly saying anything, Dr. Munar gave Bernice a look that told her that he considers her opinion on the matter, which on a side note was only noticed by her in her peripheral. It was subtle but Dr. Munar patted her shoulder, more out to make her notice the topic and nothing more. She looked up only to respond with a slight nod. Then that’s when the doctor told Belle of Bernice’s “unique form of treatment.” Though not confident of the details, Dr. Munar told him why Bernice is being tightly monitored and requested therapy on every occasion. Though not upfront about the reasons
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The young man looked at her, his brows are filled with sweat and his breathing was erratic. Like instinct, he looked around and saw that there was a nurse that passed by but had missed their interaction as it looked like they were doing something, like a hug. Bernice noted this as well, more sensitive to his actions because of how wary he seemed when he looked around to see if there were any people behind her. She did her best to push him away without making his situation worse and felt that he was cold to the touch, specifically on his arms. The hand that held her shoulder was a different matter, it was warm as if it existed separately from the rest of his condition. “Sorry,” he whispered then started to stagger, but his footing still looked stable enough that all he did was lean his shoulder on the wall. “I’m not like this all the time, I also have no intention to harm you, so please let me just rest here.” Bernice had to stop herself from moving away but it felt like, despite his
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Sometimes it’s a fickle coincidence that brings people together with connections as if the world was small. Just like the way Bernice’s well-surprised face looked as silly as Dr. Munar’s, while on the side the young man looks back and forth between the two, chuckling, they introduce each other like it wasn’t anything.Greeting Dr. Munar with the cordiality of the same aged people, the young man, named Min-Ain, said a few words before he was assisted by another man. His name was Cristian, and he was older than Min-Ain but younger than Dr. Munar. He looked disheveled but he smelled clean and antiseptic, which tickled Bernice’s nose. As much, she didn’t stay long, rather voluntarily because the first words of discussion the three had for each other started with.“Cristian’s caught me up with the details of your condition…” from Dr. Munar, and it was no joke how Bernice suddenly felt like she was going to be listening in on something more than she could bargain for.Excusing herself witho
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Chapter 34Archives don’t lie when they’re recorded, they fill in the blanks for so many people who seek information if it’s available. If not, who else but archivist’s eager to fill the void of the missing data will pull their strings to occupy that lost knowledge?As for this case, splitting them into several copies in assurance it will not be lost has become a habit for several people in answer to resolve any data corruption that can happen at any time. Lost files and deteriorating data will still have a chance to live for another day in someone’s hungry mind if logs of reports and the like will never be voluntarily kept into at least five pathways of storage.That is basically what most of the time Prof. Tenorio’s private assistant’s job is while he is away in the field. Several times in the day, the professor would send them to be able to log files of different kinds, ranging from videos to written reports they could barely read. Time runs fast when they busy themselves backing u
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