She was perched on the edge of a claw machine, her platform boots dangling over the glass case. Inside, a plush starfish with googly eyes sat on a pile of cheap keychains. Her phone, held in a glittering rhinestone case, was live.
She turned her back on him, which was the bravest thing she’d do all night. She pulled the gravity core from her pocket. It pulsed warmly against her palm. She looked into her phone camera, winked, and blew a kiss.
“You stole my core.”
She was perched on the edge of a claw machine, her platform boots dangling over the glass case. Inside, a plush starfish with googly eyes sat on a pile of cheap keychains. Her phone, held in a glittering rhinestone case, was live.
She turned her back on him, which was the bravest thing she’d do all night. She pulled the gravity core from her pocket. It pulsed warmly against her palm. She looked into her phone camera, winked, and blew a kiss.
“You stole my core.”