𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤. | 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐢𝗺 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 |

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤..."

𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝗼𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐣𝐮. 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝗼𝗺𝐞, 𝗼𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝗼𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝗺𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, (𝐘/𝐧) 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝗺𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝗼𝐧 𝐭𝗼 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝗼𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.
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We stayed in that unmoving Jaeger for hours, my head on Taylor's shoulder as Hayley actively cried onto her brothers chest.

I couldn't cry. Was I in shock? Yeah, that sounded right.

I think early on they bandaged me up, or maybe it was later after the tears had dried? I couldn't focus enough to care.

Shannon's words, her face and body were stuck in my memory. The home we had created over the last five years was just, gone, like that, in a day.