15. Not Quite the Fortress of Solitude
Ben
I don’t know what that thing injected into me, but I had a hard time staying fully conscious as Mina, her dad, and Marie introduced Mom into the world of Splinters and the uneasy treaty that she had just found out she was a part of. She kept quiet throughout the whole speech, listening and nodding and looking over at me occasionally while I did my best to stay sitting up with eyes open. If I lost consciousness, I knew I wouldn’t sleep, I would just be passed out. Feeling those tentacles beneath my skin, wrapping around my muscles and bones, forcing me to move like a puppet… I wasn’t sure I’d be able to sleep for a long time.
Everything still felt like it was squirming, even though I knew that thing was dead.
Mom led the three of them out, than
