August 21 US military invents 'bigger bang'

As I take my shower I find myself noticing parts of my body I haven't seen for a while. The dint in my right knee, the gap between my fourth and little toe on my left foot, was it always that wide ? a collection of freckles a inch or two above my appendix scar.

I turn my face towards the spray and rinse the shampoo away, my left hand frees itself and finds the gills in the side of my neck. The damned stuffs in my eyes now.

Outside its quiet, even above the sound of the water you can sense a damping in the air, like the whole base has been covered in muslin and set aside like dough to rise.

I'm hot again before I finish toweling myself down. In the kitchen I fix myself a water and look out into the desert, if I ran straight out I reckon you'd be able to watch me for a full day before I finally disappeared.