She had never seen her boss before.
Rumour has it that he – or maybe a she – has never ventured outside of this building, and communicates through video calls only.
Her office is cramped and filthy like a smoker's airways.
It takes minutes to reach her computer and hours to clean as she goes.
Her assignment for today sits at her desk.
It's a small brown envelope, sealed with the badge of the company.
The badge shows to snakes eternally entwined.
Beneath that in a foreign language it says, "Estou Somente".
Only the boss knows its true meaning.
Katie's assignment for today was simple, because it never changes.
"Keep everyone happy," it reads.
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Drown the future
Short StoryThe dystopia of the average person is the utopia of the psychopath. You've only got to look at the general direction the world is heading in to know who is in charge... "Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?"
