Journal Entry: The Stillness

  The stillness; we got used to it over time. I pride myself on winning a contest where I could mime the least movement.

  It was all a part of our underground resistance training.

  I can recall the first time when it all started happening.

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  “Raid!” an adult alerted as the androids came bursting in.

  “Shhhh,” another adult raised a finger to me and whispered, “breathe through your nose, don’t move a muscle.”

  That adult was apprehended immediately for their lips moving.

  So it turned out their technology was some kind of scanner, penetrating walls and monitoring movements, tagging, and capturing.

  So now I sit here, plugged in through a neural interface, my body perfectly still.

  This voluntary paralysis is adaptable; thankfully, I have my virtual worlds to explore.