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The Egg

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It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said. You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?” “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” You asked. “Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.” “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.” You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like Go

Printer Friendly Version Back to Writings Page You can use the anchors to remember your place. In FireFox, right click an anchor and select "Bookmark This Link". For Internet Explorer, click the anchor, then select "Add to Favorites" from the Favorites menu. The Egg Andy Weir Andy Weir 2 293 2010-07-13T08:29:00Z 2010-07-13T08:29:00Z 1 886 5052 Timeline 42 11 5927 11.5606 Clean false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Author's Note: The Egg is also available in the following languages: Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hebrew

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