Status Updates From The Cicada Prophecy

“Are you two going gab all day, or were you actually thinking of finishing this job?” interjected Nurse Benson, who was all business in the operating theater. “I swear—I should report you two someday.”

“Children of God—” he began, sweeping his outstretched arms over the assembly, “you have all sinned.” Pausing for several seconds to allow his words to sink in, he shifted his penetrating gaze from one surprised congregant to another.