[CtE] From the Shallows 06

From the Shallows
Part Six

Morning came far too soon.

Hot Rod onlined with echoes of dreams he couldn’t remember reverberating through his mind. He dragged himself out of the berth, all of the aches and pains and twinges gone. He still felt a stranger in his own frame, but he didn’t stumble or bump into much.

The apartment was unfamiliar to him. It gave him a bit of a startle, to walk out of the berth room and not recognize where he was. It felt like a place that fit him even less than the new adjustments to his frame.

There were no messages from Jazz.

Hot Rod tried not to be disappointed. This was pretty usual, wasn’t it? They were friends, friends with benefits, but nothing more. Hot Rod knew better than to expect or even hope for that to change.

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