The Greater Love -- SF Micro-Fiction
The Greater Love
by Micah R. Sisk
“Witness now the measure of our love, to take only that which we ourselves are willing to relinquish.”
Love infinite! marveled the newly made keeper.
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Biosphere engineer Marcellus Takei, GenShip Sahadurga's eldest crewman, heard the husks detach from the wall and step into the room.
“My keepers,” he intoned, head bowed, back toward them. A metal hand rested gently upon his neck.
“Together, Takei," the incumbent keeper whispered. "For the greater good, and the continuance of the cycle.”
***
The bodies were reverently removed. The old cycle was mourned, the new cycle celebrated. For a child had been born that morning.
by Micah R. Sisk
“Witness now the measure of our love, to take only that which we ourselves are willing to relinquish.”
Love infinite! marveled the newly made keeper.
***
Biosphere engineer Marcellus Takei, GenShip Sahadurga's eldest crewman, heard the husks detach from the wall and step into the room.
“My keepers,” he intoned, head bowed, back toward them. A metal hand rested gently upon his neck.
“Together, Takei," the incumbent keeper whispered. "For the greater good, and the continuance of the cycle.”
***
The bodies were reverently removed. The old cycle was mourned, the new cycle celebrated. For a child had been born that morning.
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Jan 13, 2015 01:40PM
There is so much emotion in such a short story. I long for more...
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Thanks and...Hold on, I'm working on a story 10x as long as this one (yes, 1,000 whole words!) that is set on the same ship.;D
