“Why do birds suddenly appear every time you're near? Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by? Martin, please.” She reached out and held his hand in hers'. “I need to understand.”
The man pursed his lips then jerked his arm — releasing himself from the woman's gentle grasp. “Fine! You want the truth? Here's the truth.” He took a deep breath. “ Ten years ago I mistook a radioactive sunflower seed for a suppository. It — it changed me.”
“Whatever do you mean?”
“Darling, I'm Atomic Seed-Man.”
“The woman gasped. “You mean THE Atomic Seed-Man?” The woman took a step back. “All this time, I've been watching the news on the television, reading the newspaper. To think it was you all along, I had no ide—”
A star fell on the woman's head and knocked her out cold.
— Bastian Espada
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