[s5e10] — When This Is Over

"When this is over, Sarah, we won't have to imagine anymore."

Elias leaned back, his chair creaking. "It’s the only thing keeping the air in my lungs, Sarah. When this is over… I’m going to find that house in the Highlands. The one with the real windows. Not reinforced plexiglass, just glass." Sarah managed a tired smile. "And the garden?"

"You’re doing it again," Sarah said, her voice barely a whisper. "Doing what?" "Thinking about the 'After.'" [S5E10] When This Is Over

He grabbed the data-pad and moved toward the door. Outside, the world was a blur of grey and neon, a city drowning in its own shadow. He looked back at her one last time before stepping into the storm.

"When this is over," Sarah said, picking up her pulse rifle and checking the charge for the tenth time, "I’m going to sleep for three days. No boots on. No listening for the sound of a drone. Just… silence." "When this is over, Sarah, we won't have to imagine anymore

He sat across from Sarah, the glow of a single data-pad illuminating the sharp lines of her face. They were surrounded by the ghosts of their mission: half-empty ration packs, frayed wires, and the heavy silence of a radio that hadn’t chirped in days.

"We’re going to get there," Elias promised, his voice hardening with a sudden, desperate resolve. "The Highlands. The sleep. All of it." The one with the real windows

They both knew the odds. The transmission they had intercepted—the one that had cost them their extraction team—was currently cooling in the data-pad between them. It was the key to shutting down the atmospheric processors, the only way to give the sky back to the people. But to deliver it, they had to cross the bridge. And the bridge was guarded by things that didn't feel the rain.