Status Updates From We Live Here Now

Thomas Vyre’s identity had been stolen. Some might have found this troubling; Vyre was happy about it. It hadn’t suited him anymore. He had long since grown weary of the man he had been, or, at least, the man that others had thought him. Anyone who wanted his identity was welcome to it. (His bank account less so; fortunately no one had tried a hit on that yet.)

It was once said there were ‘five keys to lock the world,’ and these were the British-controlled waters around Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, Alexandria, Gibraltar, and Dover. Now there are still five keys, but they are Malacca, Yokosuka, Hormuz, Suez, and Panama.

The sound of rain on the windows. The window of sound on the rain. The rain of sound on the window.