Reset by Sarina Dahlan

Author:Sarina Dahlan [Dahlan, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781094086323
Google: qTf4DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2021-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

Aris sighs when Benja is finally on her bed. The Interpreter sent them back on their drone so she did not have to brave the subway with a half-conscious man. As Apollina had instructed, she used short and precise words. Please sit. Please lie down. Please drink this. Benja followed them all.

She looks at her sleeping friend and wonders what he dreams about now. Without the past haunting him, will he be a different Benja? She recalls their first conversation. She told him she believes a person stays who they are throughout all cycles. He did not agree. She hopes for his sake that she is right.

She closes the door to her room. The couch will be her bed. She cannot bear to sleep next to him. Not tonight.

“Lucy, reach Thane,” she says. It’s Saturday so he should be at home.

Thane’s image appears in the middle of her living room.

“Ask me why I just came back from the Interpreter Center,” she says. Her voice sounds cold and distant, as if belonging to a stranger.

Thane looks away. She knows he understands her meaning. She is glad he’s not trying to deny her accusation. That would further lower her opinion of him.

Anger rises in her like bubbles in a lava pool.

“The report you wrote on Benja painted him as if he were mentally ill. You said he had lost touch with reality and needed medical attention.”

Thane looks at her, his eyes wide. “How do you know about that?”

“You said you believe his dreams drove him to live in an alternate reality and that this delusion will drive him to harm others,” she says.

“He was a danger to others and himself. I did believe medical attention would help him,” Thane says.

“Is that what you tell yourself so you feel less like a monster and more like a hero?”

“Is that what you think? Whatever I do is for the good of our society. It’s this belief that allows me to do this. Not whether you or anyone else sees me as a hero or a monster.”

“I confided in you as a friend. I trusted you!”

“I have to protect our way of life.”

“You lied about your involvement with the Interpreter Center!”

Thane flinches.

“I should have never trusted you. Had I known you were an informant for the Interpreter Center . . .”

“You forget Benja is not an innocent in this. He had a prior record from breaking and entering not that long ago. And he just went back to terrorize the same couple because of what, his dreams? Is your love for him blinding you to his faults?” Thane says, his voice trembling with emotion. “It could have been worse. The Dreamcatcher only erases his dreams. They could have put him away for the rest of this cycle.”

Aris thinks about Benja being locked up somewhere far away. Fear replaces anger.

Thane’s voice becomes gentler. “Aris. I care about you. Believe me, I’d rather you see me as something much more than a friend. But I won’t stop doing the right thing.

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