Under Neon 2088

Alive, but not alive. Every morning when you wake up, take three seconds to make sure you are still breathing. Then I get up, fix my prosthetic body, eat a synthetic protein bar, watch the rain, and go to sleep. Thirty-seven people were in his mind, and he had never spoken to them in eighteen years. He didn't know if they were dead or just too lazy to pay attention to him.