The computer screen flashed in the dark room. With his head on the keyboard, snoring filled the otherwise quiet room. His glasses were askew and drool had formed into a small puddle by the computer's mouse. It had been a while since he had last fallen asleep.
The room was full of documents, wires, and computers. With the only light bulb broken it looked gloomier than normal, which was saying something. He had spent so much of his life in that room; now the real life seemed like a video game or the computer program of the day. This is what he knew and he was okay with that.
So he slept in the game world, never looking out from under those fantasy adventures.
She was an intelligent girl with only one goal in mind, to get educated. When she stepped out of the classroom her nose fell instantly into a book. She would walk into the cold with her essential books to warm her face. She was a small town girl trying to make her way in the world but simply couldn't put aside all of the facts, readings, and homework.
So she walked from class to class with a textbook in hand, never looking out from under those pages of adventure and knowledge.
