RECLAIM. REBUILD. REKINDLE.
The world didn't end in fire or flood.
It wasn't the bombs, or the storms, that ended us.
It came apart, piece by piece.
Like a frog in a pot, we didn't notice the heat until it boiled.
Experts called it a cascade failure - one system falling after another.
One by one, the power grids failed.
The shelves were stripped, and the cities fell silent.
The last lights flickered... and never came back on.
Now all that remains are the vultures... and us.
The ones still trying to remember what it means to be human.
The world belongs to those who endure - alone if we must.
Together... if we're lucky. ✦