Darwin got it all wrong, you see. Fitness has nothing to do with it. It's survival of the sickest. That's all.
I finally made eye contact with the boy in the bed. He lay on his side, a tube in his nose and another in his vein. His cheeks were sunken, and his skin was ghostly pale. His hair might have been blond, but it was fading into a gray, making it hard to tell. The only part of this boy that held any life at all were his eyes, which brimmed with tears when he saw me.__ahlen?__ sat still. These three people all called me by the same name, which sounded sort of like Katlyn and Ellen and made me believe that maybe they actually knew me.__here did you go? Where have you been? I thought you were dead._ His chest worked overtime, trying to keep up with his mouth, spilling over with words.__an you get her a pen? Please?_ He lifted an arm weakly. It was all bone. __ just need to know.___ pen?_ I asked.Once again his eyes lit up.__ou can talk?__ stared at this boy, at how he was overjoyed at one of the most basic things a person could do. __o it would seem._ I smiled.He flopped onto his back, laughing from his gut, and based on Julie__ tears, I was guessing she__ been waiting a long time for that to come back.
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I finally made eye contact with the boy in the bed. He lay on his side, a tube in his nose and another in his vein. His cheeks were sunken, and his skin was ghostly pale. His hair might have been blond, but it was fading into a gray, making it hard to tell. The only part of this boy that held any life at all were his eyes, which brimmed with tears when he saw me.__ahlen?__ sat still. These three people all called me by the same name, which sounded sort of like Katlyn and Ellen and made me believe that maybe they actually knew me.__here did you go? Where have you been? I thought you were dead._ His chest worked overtime, trying to keep up with his mouth, spilling over with words.__an you get her a pen? Please?_ He lifted an arm weakly. It was all bone. __ just need to know.___ pen?_ I asked.Once again his eyes lit up.__ou can talk?__ stared at this boy, at how he was overjoyed at one of the most basic things a person could do. __o it would seem._ I smiled.He flopped onto his back, laughing from his gut, and based on Julie__ tears, I was guessing she__ been waiting a long time for that to come back.
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