Jennifer stood in the middle of a thunderstorm, letting the torrential downpour soak her thoroughly. Her eyes were closed, her mouth open as she looked up into the sky and laughed maniacally. Rain! Rain. Something she hadn’t had the chance to experience in so very long. Of course, it wasn’t real rain. It was holographic. But it still felt blessedly cool and refreshing on her skin.

She ran out of the rain, sheltering under a tree and chuckling to herself. Man, it made her feel like a kid again. Including the fact that she could no longer see through her glasses. She pulled her spectacles off her face and rubbed the glass against her damp shirt, spreading the droplets of water around and not really doing much good. She pushed the glasses back onto her nose, letting out a small sigh. There were a series of flashes of light in the night sky, followed by the rolling timbre of thunder. It was beautiful.

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