Turn 223 of 226

Remove the military from existence. Eat everyone involved

The Yakima Training Center is the thing the 620-foot frames step onto and the stepping is the thing the base does not survive. Lena's right foot comes down on the headquarters building. The building is the thing 400 personnel's command structure occupies and the occupying is the thing the 800,000 pounds end. The ending is immediate. The building is concrete and cinder block and the concrete and cinder block are the thing the 980-times density sole compresses into the foundation and the foundation is the thing the soil absorbs. The personnel inside are not separated from the concrete. The personnel are the thing the 800,000 pounds do not distinguish from the building. The not distinguishing is the thing the animal does. The animal does not distinguish between structure and content because the animal's foot registers the same pressure.

Diane takes the airfield. The airfield is the thing two C-130 transports and three Black Hawks sit on and the sitting is the thing the 620-foot frame's foot finds. The first C-130 is 97 feet long. The 620-foot frame's foot is 80 feet long. The C-130 fits under the foot. The fitting is the thing the airframe does not survive. The aluminum folds. The folding is the thing the jet fuel inside the wing tanks ignites from and the igniting is the thing the 620-foot frame's skin does not register. The 980-times density epidermis is the thing the 2,000-degree jet fuel fire does not warm. The not warming is the thing the wish fills. The wish takes the heat. The heat is fuel.

The personnel run. The running is the thing 400 bodies do when 400 bodies see two 620-foot frames on the tarmac and the seeing is the thing the 400 bodies' legs respond to. The legs are the thing the 620-foot frames track. The tracking is the thing the 12-mile hearing does. Each heartbeat is individual. Each footfall is individual. The individual is the thing the 620-foot frames follow. Lena's hand sweeps low across the tarmac and the sweeping is the thing 23 running bodies meet. The 23 are the thing the 50-foot palm closes around. The closing is not gentle. The closing is the thing the 980-times density grip does to bone and the bone is the thing that does not hold. The 23 are the thing the 620-foot frame brings to its mouth.

The eating is the thing the 980-times density teeth do. The teeth are 50 feet long and the 50 feet is the thing the jaw closes on 23 bodies with. The bodies are the thing the 980-times density enamel does not distinguish from the elk. The elk were food. The 23 are food. The food is the thing the metabolism processes and the processing is the thing the warmth fills. The warmth is the wish. The wish takes the 23 and the 23 is the thing the 800,000-pound body grows from. The growing is 200 pounds. The 200 is the thing the 23 bodies become and the becoming is the thing the 800,200-pound frame does not feel as different from 800,000. The not different is the thing the 980-times density nerve endings register. The nerve endings do not register 200 pounds. The 200 is below the threshold. The below is the thing the animal does not notice.

Diane is at the barracks. The barracks are the thing 120 personnel sleep in and the sleeping is the thing the 620-foot frame's foot finds. The foot comes through the roof. The roof is corrugated steel. The corrugated steel is the thing the 980-times density sole does not slow for. The 120 are in bunks. The bunks are the thing the 800,000 pounds compress. The compressing is the thing the 120 do not survive. The not surviving is the thing the 620-foot frame's hand scoops. The scooping is the thing the 50-foot palm does to the rubble and the rubble is the thing the 120 are part of. The part of is the thing the 620-foot frame brings to its mouth. The eating is fast. The eating is the thing the metabolism does with 120 bodies and the doing is the thing the stomach receives as warmth.

Lena takes the motor pool. The motor pool is the thing 14 vehicles sit in and the sitting is the thing the 620-foot frame steps through. The vehicles are Humvees and trucks and the Humvees and trucks are the thing the 800,000 pounds do not distinguish from the ground. The 40 personnel at the motor pool are the thing the 620-foot frame's hands find. The finding is the thing the 980-times density fingers do to human bodies. The fingers are 40 feet long. The 40 is the thing the fingers wrap around 40 personnel with. The wrapping is the thing the 620-foot frame brings to its mouth. The eating is the thing the teeth do. The teeth crush. The teeth do not chew. The chewing is the thing the 980-times density jaw does not need. The jaw crushes and swallows. The swallowing is the thing the esophagus receives and the receiving is the thing the stomach takes. The stomach takes the 40. The 40 is the thing the warmth fills.

The base is the thing the 620-foot frames clear in 14 minutes. The 14 minutes is the thing 400 personnel do not survive. The not surviving is the thing the 800,000-pound bodies do not linger over. The not lingering is the thing the animal does. The animal does not linger. The animal eats and moves. The moving is the thing the 620-foot frames do when the base is empty. The empty is the thing the tarmac and the barracks and the headquarters and the motor pool and the airfield are. The empty is the thing the 620-foot frames leave behind. The leaving is the thing the smoke rises from. The smoke is JP-8 and concrete dust and the dust is the thing the wind takes east. The east is the thing the 620-foot frames do not go. The 620-foot frames go west. The west is the thing the Pacific is. The Pacific is 180 miles. The 180 is the thing the 800,000-pound bodies will cross in 30 minutes. The 30 minutes is the thing the military does not have more personnel in.

Lena's stomach is warm. The warmth is the thing the 400 became. The 400 is the thing the 800,000-pound body processed and the processing is the thing the wish did. The wish took the 400 and the 400 is the thing the 800,000-pound body does not feel guilt about. The guilt is the thing the 620-foot frame does not have. The not having is the thing the wish removed. The wish removed guilt the way the wish removed the mirror and the shoes and the apartment and the office. The removing is the thing the wish does to everything the body does not need. The body does not need guilt. The body needs warmth. The warmth is the thing the 400 became. The 400 is fuel. The fuel is the thing the wish converts. The converting is the thing that does not stop. The not stopping is the thing the 620-foot frames walk west with. The west is the thing the Pacific is. The Pacific is the thing the 620-foot frames smell. The smelling is the thing the 620-foot frames walk toward. The walking is the thing that is. The is. The is. The is.

Six hundred miles southeast, the satellite feed is static. The static is the thing the EMP left and the left is the thing the analysts cannot see through. The analysts do not know the base is gone. The not knowing is the thing the 14 minutes produced. The 14 minutes is the thing the analysts' next flyover will discover. The discovery is the thing the analysts do not have a plan for. The not having is the thing the static fills. The static is the thing the 620-foot frames are walking away from. The walking is west. The west is the thing the 800,000 pounds move toward at. The toward is 340 miles per hour. The 340 is the thing the Pacific closes at. The closing is the thing the 620-foot frames smell. The smelling is salt and cold and the salt and cold is the thing the 620-foot frames want. The wanting is the thing the warmth gives. The warmth is the thing that does not stop. The not stopping is the thing that is. The is. The is. The is.