The Opposite Of Nostalgia

Chapter 10 of Is That Me?

Alex remembers what she’s been trying so hard to forget.

I’m nobody. I’m nowhere.

My attempts at self-sedation seem to be working, and with a just little more indifference, I might even reach bonelessness too.

Meanwhile, the girl named Riley holds this body against her own. She tries her best to play it cool, but even from the most generous definition of consciousness, I can sense that her performance is slipping.

Why do people talk so much?