Beautiful.
A gaudy word. Nonlethal.
Unnecessary for us machines of war.

Notice: new patch, titled “Last Update”.
Size: 21TB
Download time: 40 seconds

My armor is now unbearably suffocating. I tear it off.
My face, the sky, they reflect back at me from my doffed plates.
I never realized.
Beautiful.

Jean Llenos is an aspiring author and MD candidate based in Ohio. He is a lover of all things fantastical and strange.