Simon Kendrick
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"Theres something strange going on here. Not here as in this cell, but here as in this situation. Don't get me wrong, this cell is fairly strange. Why? Well, how exactly did they get this sort of technology, for one. Is that not strange? The entire world was busy sticking their head in the sand and sending their people to die, so when exactly did they have time to make this?"
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"Theres definitely something strange going on here, but I'm not talking about this cell. Lets see. How did I get here, for one. Is that not strange? Last I remember I was in the middle of the jungle hiding from aliens. There were some noises and then nothing. I wake up in this cell, I'm told that this is 'for the greater good' and then nothing."
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"Is that not strange? Absolutely nothing for who knows how long. Just silence. Don't get me wrong, I like the silence. In fact, there have been many times when I've cursed the noise but in here, the silence is almost deafening. I mean, what is silence without noise? I haven't heard anything for who knows how long, I'm starting to question if I'm actually alive. I mean, think about it. Is that not strange?"
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Simon looks up at the ceiling, exactly the same as the walls next to it and sighs. "Look, I know I said that I prefer to be on my lonesome, but this isn't exactly what I had in mind. I'm not exactly much of a conversationalist." Laboriously, he drew his hand upwards and let it fall to the floor.
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"Oh? What was that?" Drawing his hand up again, he tapped on the ground as it gave a strange sound, unlike anywhere else in the cell. He had tested ever square centimeter of this place for structural weaknesses or energy weaknesses and found nothing, but this was new. Turning to look at the unremarkable spot on the floor, he tapped it once again. "Is that not strange?"
Then, blackness decended on the room and sleep dragged Simon down into the abyss of his dreams where he remembered the days, weeks, months and years before this place and wished he had something more difficult to dream about.
The next day, he opened his eyes to four walls and a ceiling and sighed. Laboriously, he drew his hand upwards and let it fall to the remarkable spot on the floor.
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