she doesnât know if, after all this time, she likes this play pretend. the daily grind, routine and play acting. everyday her feet take the same steps to her car, to work, to home. she doesnât like human affairs too much so maybe this is alright, maybe this is nice. whatâs really nice is her plants, is the quiet serenity of her lab with its sign permitting no one entrance should they be below a certain level of clearance.
                                          her work, afterall, was FRAGILE.
she eyed the cup between her fingers as she exited the shop, styrofoam gripped tight between manicured nails. she was a vain creature and despite her work, never seemed to dirty her immaculate nail beds. she walked without care, a copy of the daily planet in her free hand and her eyes scanning mundane words, predicting every next sentence. it grew tiresome, this world.
and then hot. she hissed, cussed, wiped furiously at her coffee soaked chest and looked up at her attacker â do you have eyes? â she snapped, her antisocial tendencies combined with the hot coffee burning her chest leaving the woman crabbier than usual.Â













