"The scientists put a nicer word to it. They called it 'The Calamity' as if it were a simple misfortune and not the extinction of mankind, and the papers ate it right up. It was softer. A kinder, gentler presentation of information; an elbow in the ribs on the subway rather than a terrified man in the terminal with a cardboard sign shrieking in the faces of passers by. Newscasters were more than happy to speculate that, while life would be changing, it was certainly not the end of mankind..."

- Gutters (glassamilk)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6122026/1/Gutters

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