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CB Mason | YA Dystopian+Sci-Fi's avatar

Phillip! Great piece! I’ve often wondered what those airport scanners really see… and record.

One of my favorite lines: “Think about water dripping into a cave. No big deal right? But over time, stalactites form, rock gets eroded and built up elsewhere. The world changes you.”

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Phillip Carter's avatar

Thank you! That line was memorable for me too, because it was unedited. Survived right from the first draft!

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CB Mason | YA Dystopian+Sci-Fi's avatar

Ahhh, a survivor! A worthy line to persevere!

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Shane Bzdok's avatar

Phillip, this was excellent! Great writing and a fantastic story that gave me heavy X-Files vibes, with a delightfully quirky Mulder and Scully for the new age. I would love to read more of these characters. Thanks for submitting this to the Midnight Vault project.

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Phillip Carter's avatar

Thanks Shane! That means a lot. Big fan of X-Files :)

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