Canary in the Cage (5)

Beep beep—. The red alarm light that appeared above my head announced the urgency of the situation.

It was literally an emergency.

‘……Mars?’

Why did something new keep popping out of this damn city just when I was barely getting used to it?

Hmm.

‘…Looks like we’re screwed.’

That was the conclusion I reached after much deliberation.

I—or rather, Rami—was screwed.

The opening line of a famous novel flashed through my mind.

The setting of that novel happened to be Mars, too...