“This little light of mine
I’m gonna let it shine

“I have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for someone to come let us out of here. Long enough that I can’t remember which light that’s supposed to be. It’s red. So it means stop. Or danger.

“Actually, I think it means emergency. At least in this case. You routed all of the power to the distress beacon and the environment engine. That’s why I can breathe but not see a goddamn thing.

“We’ve had this conversation before, haven’t we? It’s so confusing, I don’t know whether it’s waking hours or not. If I knew how to, I’d reroute some power somewhere, just for a change. Like a clock. That would be nice.

“You knew how to do that, didn’t you? You may have actually told me at one point, I don’t know. I honestly can’t remember. All of this sitting in the dark and waiting to be rescued, with only this light to stare at. You could have left something else running, you bastard. Anything would have sufficed. But no, it’s just the red mystery light.

“You were a piss poor conversationalist, but you were better than nothing. Ah well. Even when you were going on and on about running out of insulin. Like they’re going to stockpile a lifepod with insulin on the off chance you climb into one. Whatever did you expect?

“I think my mind is going, old friend. I really do. Sometimes I think people walk around in here. And they’re wearing these funny hat-things that let them see in the dark. They don’t want to hurt my eyes. I think that’s what they say.

“They try to tell me I’ve been rescued. And that this all happened a long time ago. And that they want to help me.

“I’m dreaming all of that rubbish, I know. They talk about turning on more lights. I even think sometimes that they do, but I don’t remember much after that. It’s all in my head, of course.

“I know exactly where I am. And they’ll be here soon. And I have my light to keep me company. And there’s plenty to eat. Thank you for that, yes, plenty to eat.

“This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine…

“That’s a real song. I think. I don’t think I made it up.”