![]() He didn’t want to think about what might’ve become of him if his rebreather had been compromised. His rebreather was still working, forcing heavily filtered air down his throat - scrubbed of the deadly particles outside. It cut out the cold, most of the time, but the real blessing was in the small pocket of safety that was his helmet. That was why they’d only sent him, and they’d sent him with a fully-sealed helmet, respirator with filters, and blast-resistant body armor covering every inch of him. The radiation levels here had been exceptionally high. ![]() It was a good thing he didn’t have to eat too much, too - he had no means of rinsing what he ate of the radiation it had picked up from the environment. He didn’t need to eat as often as most, only having to search outside for whatever poor creatures could still live in this place every few days. They also didn’t see him as a threat, perhaps due to his exceptionally small stature - something he’d be frustrated about being judged for if it wasn’t so beneficial to him in this situation. The town was abandoned, and the only things that lived here now were mostly robotic in nature. The little cave cut off the worst of the wind’s bite, and not too much snow blew in onto the floor. It wasn’t awful, aside from the solitude. It was almost better, he reasoned, if he didn’t know how long it’d been since he’d seen or heard another sentient being. Besides, the clusters of burnt spots were just getting depressing to look at. You could find quite a lot scrounging in an area like this, including a surprising amount of bullets, but it was always best to save in case of an emergency. His rifle’s rounds left a dark mark and a slight indentation in the brittle stone, and he could count them in groups - five across, five down.īut eventually, he’d stopped, deciding conserving his ammunition was more worthwhile than being able to mark time. At first, he’d marked off the days he’d been here by shooting at the wall of a small cave he used as shelter from the harsh winds.
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