…levels 1 & 2
The Doclopedia #2,877
366 Days, 366 Paragraphs: #117
“I think it only took about six weeks before Chicago was completely gone. The…I don’t know what to call them…blobs?…took away all of the piles of stone, wood, glass, whatever down into holes in the ground…once stood were hills, meadows, creeks and a huge wetland…blobs left, then the robots…planting native plants and things. You could walk right up and stand next to them, they didn’t care. They moved at a slow walk, just planting.”
“…cried for days, maybe a couple of weeks. When she snapped out of it, she was a different person…quiet and haunted looking, like so many…ate a couple of times a day…fruit trees and berry vines…gardens had been…packs of dogs, but they never came too close.”
“Elephants! We saw a herd of elephants just outside Elk Grove! One man in our group says he saw a rhino off to the south while gathering firewood. I guess the aliens just let the zoo animals run loose.”
“I miss you so much. I can’t go on like this, without you or my babies. Tonight, I’ll leave the camp and go back to the bluff along the river. Soon, I’ll be back with you all.”
“…killed by lions! Lions, in Kansas! Oh, dear Lord, why have you forsaken…sinfulness of…please, Jesus, save us from this nightmare…no guns…headed west…”
Seyan read many more entries, some of which made her cry, until she finally fell asleep with her head on the book.