Leo, her father, didn’t look at his watch. The watch had stopped three days after the sirens. “Not many more,” he said, his voice a low, steady hum that was the room’s only music. He was kneeling by the air vent, a small screwdriver in his hand. He’d been taking the vent apart and putting it back together for weeks. It was the only puzzle.
“Is it hungry?” she asked.
“My turn,” Elara said, her small hands clasped in her lap. “Papa. What does the sky look like?” father and daughter in a sealed room
“The scratching.”
Leo, her father, didn’t look at his watch. The watch had stopped three days after the sirens. “Not many more,” he said, his voice a low, steady hum that was the room’s only music. He was kneeling by the air vent, a small screwdriver in his hand. He’d been taking the vent apart and putting it back together for weeks. It was the only puzzle.
“Is it hungry?” she asked.
“My turn,” Elara said, her small hands clasped in her lap. “Papa. What does the sky look like?”
“The scratching.”
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