Augmentia (Chapter 16)

Serialized novella

You’re laying flat in the bathtub, warm water up to your nostrils. The water has a slight yellowish tint but you convince yourself it’s just the halogen light reflecting off the surface.

You just lay there. Motionless. No moving for a long stretch. A single drop escapes from the faucet. You watch it in slow motion as it falls like an atom bomb into the …