Happiness can come solely from within, but not for long - The Bern Seer - - Hugh Howey

This was how the shift was supposed to go. Waiting and then doing. Sleeping and then waiting. Make it to dinner and then make it to bed. The end was always in sight. There was nothing to rebel against, just a routine.

There were those who wanted to live right there, who were reticent to venture any further.

She felt like a speck of sand in an alien land, confused as to how it had gotten there.