He turned away from the window. Walked back down the porch steps. But he didn't follow the blue-lit path to the pod.
Leo walked up the porch steps anyway. The wood groaned—real wood, real weight. He pressed his palm against the window glass. Warm inside. A coffee mug on the table. A child's drawing taped to the fridge. Home2reality---11-03-2021--235246 - 229-31 Min
This was.
"Re-acclimation complete," said the Guide. "Please return to the pod for decompression and reintegration briefing." He turned away from the window
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At minute 15, he stopped. A deer stood twenty yards away, head raised, ears rotating like radar dishes. It stared at him.