When grief is heavy, things are missed. When seen through tears, details slip by.
The last transmission received on the last minute of the last day of spring was seen by Tyler, Joel's assistant,. It was instantly stored in archived messages. He was emotionally spent, and had seen the poem shared many times that day.
There is always something that no one knows,
In the darkest shadows, a light can grow.
And light can make the hardest hearts
Melt and bleed as hit by darts.
For sorrow may not be the end,
If it teaches us to feel again.
And feel it must, to rise above
a world of darkness, to find love.
What he missed was that the message was sent by a phone during the out-dated scheduled messaging time. That phone had already been assigned to the 3rd Protector of the 188th Generation, presumed dead, which is maybe why she sent the 2nd message:
Find me. L.
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The Five Unnecessaries
SpiritualIn the Republic, any child with a flaw is labeled an Unnecessary. Any child who is not created in a lab is hunted down as an enemy of the state. Pregnancy is treason. A Vessel that harbors an Unnnecessary only has one chance. A Protector: one of...
