Chapter 83 – The tainted Beauty of the Universe

Jett

Ever since I was young, I’ve realized life was a fragile, puny thing, a pathetic concept of the universe; to create brilliant minds and squish them into small bodies, fragments of a bigger cosmos. I learned from somewhere that humans only scratch the surface of the brilliance of their brains and there was a reason for that.

However, as I grew older, the reason slipped out of my mind.

I liked to think as I grew older and my care for the world slowly vanished, I started to use smaller and smaller portions of my brain. Despite this, I was still a lot smarter than the rest.

My fascination for the universe vanished along with it as I learned the cruelty of this small planet. The people that walked the earth were so much more disgusting and barbaric than aliens.

The first time I witnessed someone pull the trigger and the blood splattered on my face, my view of the world darkened.

Of course, who else could ruin a child’s brightness and aspirations in life? Their father.

My father was t