Rewind

 

It all sounded so false, these big words coming out of a boy’s mouth. He sat alone, small in the adult?size chair, clad only in shortie pajamas with Peanuts characters rampant. His feet did not even reach the floor.

 

“Why did you go on the Holn ship?” “Because I was curious.” “What happened in the Holn ship on June 10?” He stopped, stared at the floor. He took a breath, let it out. “They did something to us.”