Heh. This wasn't the world from before the apocalypse—did he really need to worry about some keyboard warrior writing tearful essays online?

He increased the pressure.

The sound of metal fracturing rang out from Leah's body.

She grew flatter and flatter.

"Sp—sp—"

She never finished the word. Her entire body shattered into countless pieces of brass.

She was dead. She wasn't some liquid-metal robot, after all.

Ray walked over and pressed his hand against the remains. A warm current surged i