This is not that. –
On this episode of Mindframe, we have the first of several interludes to the main five stories being told. In it, we follow a woman named Josephine as she drifts through a strange dream labyrinth of time. In this liminal space, she meets Alpha, her mentor. He questions her about the nature of the world and WorldGov, and he pushes her to be stronger. Most importantly, he prepares her to be dangerous and to face the most unimaginable things that a human psyche can endure.
Hilt’s brain registered only four details about the men that were important. First, the man to his right was holding a sophisticated military shotgun....
The air smelled of smoke mixed with rainy air seeping in through the back doors, but tainted by the scent of iron and spilled...
“And just now, he stood on all sides of Josephine. All six of him were dressed in slightly different, trashy clothes. All six held...