She wasn't. And even if she was, she found herself wanting to listen.
He began telling her about a time before everything collapsed—about the rush of city life, where people argued over traffic instead of survival. About the thrill of repairing a broken machine and watching it work again. About how people once dreamed of things greater than just making it to the next day.
He spoke of the first time he saw a plane land, of how people used to gather around screens to watch stories unfold, and of how laughter had once filled the streets at night.
Liora listened, absorbing the words of a world that was no longer there and one she had never witnessed.
Liora did not even realize when so much time had passed. She was lost in his stories of the world before the apocalypse.
Suddenly, an idea struck her mind. What if this old man also had what she needed? Without wasting another second, she asked him. It would be good if his answer was yes. It would save her a lot of trouble.
