The Spider


    "Everybody knows he is!"

    "I know at least three people who agree with me he is _not_!"

    "You've seen the movie, no Linna? Is he or is he not a replicant?"

    "Oh no, you're not dragging me into this one!" answered the black
haired girl.

    "Dragging you into what?" Sylia asked, as she entered the living room,
carrying a tray with three cups of tea and one of coffee.

    "Nene here _still_ thinks Deckard is human! Can you believe that?"

    "He _is_ I tell you! Sylia, you've seen "Blade Runner", no? What do
_you_ think?" asked the redhead, emphatically.

    "Actually, no. It was my father's favourite movie, though. He was
always promising me we would go and see it together, but he never found
the time. Later on... well, I never could bring myself to watching it.
Silly, I guess."

There were a few seconds of silence while each took a cup.

    "Well, I still think Deckard is a replicant. It's obvious in the
second cut where they show the unicorn scene," said Priss.

    "Remember Rachael's planted memory of the spider? Pretty creepy, no?"

    "Kinda gross, the baby spiders eating the mother and all. Ugh!"

    "Yeah, an orange spider with green legs. I guess they made it up for
effect, I've never seen any such spider. Have you?" Nene asked, turning
towards Sylia.

    "Once... when I was little... in a bush outside my window."

It was then when Nene noticed that Sylia was extremely pale.


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