Air Conditioning Regret
I wiped a bead of sweat from my forehead and bemoaned, for potentially the thousandth time, that I’d never gotten my aircon fixed during the winter. It was winter! Who fixes an air conditioner in winter?! Smart people was the answer I now subscribed to. I got up from my desk, thinking that maybe it was just my office getting all of the sun and that the rest of the house might be cooler. I was wrong – if anything, my office was an oasis from the rest of my sweltering rooms. The kitchen seemed like it was particularly angry with me, it was so hot. I glanced apprehensively at my stovetop, deciding then and there that I would be ordering takeout for tonight. ‘I bet there’s tons of people looking for a company in Canberra to fix an air conditioning unit right now,’ I grumbled to myself,…
Gas Heating Reveal
The guard to my left flew at me, slashing downwards with his sword. I shifted delicately to the side, letting him pass by me like so much wind. My knee cracked out as his sword bounced off the cobblestones and his balance faltered, knocking him onto the ground with barely any effort. His compatriot behind me snarled and swung viciously. I quickly assessed the movement, ducking under the steel and pushing it away from me with the palm of my hand. The man looked shocked at my superhuman speed, his eyes widening as I dropped to the ground, sweeping his legs out from underneath him and sending his helmet cracking against the stone. He groaned and stayed down. The other two guards eyed me warily, tightening their grips on their sword hilts. ‘You can just go,’ I said, calmly. ‘Nobody needs to know about me.’ ‘We can’t let you!’ one…