Day 97

'So here's a question that we haven't asked yet: Why now?

Forget about what did cause this and suppose for a while. If man did it. Why did it take so long to mess it up and actually commit this destruction. If it was God, then why now? He have not sinned more than a month previously... Was it to spite or save. Is it evolution and a freak genetic break that caused this change. If so the odds of it happening at that time are astronomically small. If the first outbreak didn't occur when it did, neither of us would be here now. I would have been out in town with friends, and you would be lost on that Day... whichever it was now.'

So Peter's been awake a bit but he is still ill. It was Day 12 if you forgot. It's not something I will forget.

He has a point about the whole chance thing but I don't know... Although I would like to think there is a reason it is difficult to argue why it occurred right now. At the same time it is difficult to argue why it should happen another time. It distracted me enough from the Rani to relax a while.

Shortly after realising that I fell asleep. I woke with a start and my finger depressed on my gun. Nothing happened. Pete sat next to me drearily holding a gun himself.

'I put the safety on. Didn't fancy you shooting the place up. I quite like it here'
"Smart but for you having the flu and you could fall asleep"
'True but I decided to stay awake so you could sleep. Seeing it has been about twelve hours I was right. But now I have to sleep, sorry'

And he settled down again. I flicked his gun's safety, then mine, and sat ready but reading a book. Ice Station isn't bad you know. A bit graphic but considering our world now? A bit tame...

I hope you make another day