Beast or Human

Maxie Daer

Sunbury Middle School, South Broken Delta

March 22, ██26

What would Ms. Kia think? Tell me—if she were still alive, how would you explain yourself to her? Would you tell her that "the most important thing in this world is oneself"? Well, what if she'd done the same thing? What if Ms. Kia hadn't bothered to rescue you after the Starfall? Don't you remember those first years? When we had no food, not enough clothing to keep warm? When we were constantly surrounded by blue mud and hideous monsters? She protected us. She didn't cast out a weak child like you. You would never have spoken this way to Ms. Kia! Of course not. You'd be too afraid she'd blow your head off with that M590A1 of hers. But sadly, she is no longer here. You're not the first to sink to this level... We don't know where to turn. There's no one left now, it seems, who can show us how to live, not as a beast, but as a human being...