Philosophy

Realizing the inevitability of my discovery, I, struggling to squeeze the wrench in my hand, seemed ready for the most terrible and unexpected turns of fate.... Suddenly, a stranger bent over and saw me... I saw him... And all my willingness to hit him vanished. - Can I help you? - A man asked for a view of a man in his forties. - No... Thank you... - I answered, knowing how funny it looked from the outside. But the stranger didn't laugh, though most men on Earth had a good sense of humor, at least that's what they wrote in their books...

Mom was six months pregnant when Dad brought her here. He ordered her to stay here, no matter what. She never saw him again, and I didn't even have a picture of him. So we lived in this shelter for twenty-five years. All the living conditions were there: water and food, electricity, air filtration. There was even something to do - a few dozen books. My mother repeated a thousand times that it was impossible to go to the surface, because it was very dangerous. I learned all her warnings by heart: radiation, bandits, perhaps even zombies...

- Fair enough... somebody shouted shyly out of the crowd. - Will do! It's okay! - others supported him afterwards. It seemed that the priest had to intervene, but apparently, deep down, he agreed to the proposed plan... The gold rush started. Everybody was eager to find the third shard, all talk was about it! However, quite soon one problem, or rather a few, came up. Not everybody was happy with the agreement that the majority came to. There were also those who thought that not everyone deserved to have their desires fulfilled...

- Fair enough..." somebody shouted shyly out of the crowd. - Will do! It's okay! - others supported him afterwards. It seemed that the priest had to intervene, but apparently, deep down, he agreed to the proposed plan... The gold rush started. Everybody was eager to find the third shard, all talk was about it! However, quite soon one problem, or rather a few, came up. Not everybody was happy with the agreement that the majority came to. There were also those who thought that not everyone deserved to have their desires fulfilled...

*** By noon, all the workers had gathered on the surface to say goodbye to the dead. The priest called out of the city was giving a farewell speech. I did not listen to him. I was completely immersed in my own thoughts. There were so many believers on earth... And for some reason I was the one who fell out to meet God. A convinced atheist, or agnostic... I didn't even know much about these concepts. I just lived and I didn't care about faith. But now, I met God. I tried to talk to him, but he ignored me...