I was staring up at the sky, with the wind flying through my hair.(50% sensors restored, HUD Activated)"Well that's not right. Since when did I start ...eeing text before my eyes, at least not before I woke up?"(Wait, altitude falling)I tried to move and with that began to tumble end over end; I was free falling from the sky."OH FUCK ME! this has to be a dream."(impact in 54 sec)"OH GOD! I'm in the Golem. What happened? How did this happen? Focus Sumner focus. Was I testing it?"That sounded. "You do?" Yeah. You're thinking about Shelly, aren't you?" Sure," I said, glad that she wasn't on to what I was REALLY thinking."I know. I think about Ted all the time." Ellen stopped picking flowers and looked out into the lake. "I miss him so much, Danny. I just want him here with me. I love him. I need him. I'd forgive him for everything if he'd just come back to me." It's not that simple, is it Ellie?" What do you mean?" she asked, looking at me now."What he did. The drinking. The meanness.. No charred remains of trees, nor did the burned lake leave a dried out sink in the ground. Now the river ended cascading into nothing, really nothing. Nothingness to everyone but me. I saw a bald speck of canvas in a finished painting. I sat down and cried.“I’m sorry, but it’s who I am.”I heard his words and answered smiling through my tears, “I’m not crying because I’m sad. I’m crying happy tears.”“That makes no sense,” he said.I laughed, and my laughter dried my tears.“You’re supposed to be. Without hesitation, she dropped to her knees and slipped her hands into the waistband of his underpants, causing him to gasp with shock as she touched his skin, and casually tugged the garment down, taking his trousers with it until both his trousers and underpants were around his ankles.Standing upright again, she watched him immediately clasp both hands to his groin and cover his manhood."Try not to be embarrassed now, darling. Remember, it's only skin, nothing to be shy about," she cooed,.