I don't know what's not real.

Limited capacity is a collection of six darkly amusing stories

about the mysterious ways we interact with the internet and with each other.

There's something going on with him. It's like an act.

I don't trust him.

What?

You're staring at me like I should say something, but I don't really know what to do here.

That's the whole name of the game.

Don't talk about how the town isn't real. You understand?

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You're listening to Alone, a love story, and I'm Michelle Perizi.

Chapter 6, fallout.

Static.

Static. It's still the early days of the shock and awe. I'm numb inside. I'm electrified and not in a good way.

I'm numb and electric all at once.

I'm the way your finger feels when it gets stuck in an

electrical socket that buzzing tingle alongside the dull pain. I don't eat I don't sleep I can't do anything but walk around like a zombie the kind that's being slowly eaten by a human, the human she loves most in the world.

I drink alcohol, lots of it. As soon as birdies asleep, I open the cabinet doors and take whatever there is and drink it straight up.

I do this over and over every night for two months until many bottles are drained.

I smoke cigarette after cigarette in our backyard staring out into the night.

I've never been a smoker or a drinker, but suddenly here I am.

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