Matt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I backed away from the window and went to Marin's room.
I didn't knock loudly.
I tapped.
She opened the door immediately like she hadn't been asleep.
I whispered.
I heard a voice outside.
She didn't ask what it said.
She didn't say, are you sure?
She just nodded once, like she'd been waiting for this moment to happen.
She said, don't look.
I realized then that she'd been hearing things longer than we had.
She'd been on the edge all day because she knew the pattern.
We sat in the living room with the lights off.
We didn't talk much.
Jonah came out too, pale and blinking.
Lila appeared, wrapped in a blanket like armor.
We listened to the dogs until the dogs went quiet.
That was worse.
Silence out there isn't calming.
Silence means the alarm system stopped working.