Firsts are still something new to the rest of human society. They’re something slightly off the norm even at home and it makes them uncomfortable to be around. At home, they’re uncomfortable, at work they’re aliens in human skins. The First rarely talks, even after she has someone to talk to, but Rafiq’s default communication […]

“I am– mm, forgetful. If I stay too long I forget too much.” She shrugged with a slow roll of shoulders that sent ripples dancing along the pool. “This is how we end.”