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The Boy Who Backed Up the Sky
sci-fi◐ Teen5 contributors · 5 paragraphs deep
Before Milo can touch the keyboard, the box sparks and the screen turns red: INTRUDER. A calm voice from the speaker says, 'This world is scheduled for deletion. Please step away.' The keyboard locks. Milo has maybe seconds before it shuts him out for good.
Milo jams every key at once and shouts, 'I live here! You can't delete people!' The red screen flickers, surprised, then asks a real question for the first time: DEFINE PEOPLE. He types the truest answer he has: 'People are the ones who'll be missed.' The screen reads it, then turns blue. DELETION CANCELLED. WORLD_07 FLAGGED AS INHABITED.
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