December 26th, 3307 - Another Nightmare
26 Dec 2021Maksim Marais
This is maybe the 6th or 7th one, but I felt I should finally log this down. I had a dream last night. I was doing a walkthrough of the Serendipity, making sure there wasn’t anyone left behind. I could smell the strange mixture of caustic acid, blood, and vomit even in my dream. That stuffed animal that I’ve kept since the attacks was waiting for me in one of the cabin rooms except it was the size of a full grown adult. I woke up once it started to twitch. It was laying against the wall, opposite of the door. It was rotten and mostly eaten away by the caustic material. There’s a part of me that really wants to know if the kid that little toy belonged to is okay. If he’s back to life on Li Qing-Jao or maybe somewhere safer on Earth. I feel guilty for keeping a little stuffed animal that was left behind in the wake of a tragedy like that. But I feel like that stupid little thing keeps me going some days. I look at it before I think there’s a chance I could finally die.