Conditional Reality

Nightlight Horseshoes took the ferry from Seattle bound for Bainbridge Island. On the way, the ferry began to sink. Nightlight put on a lifejacket and swam away from the ferry, which soon slipped under the surface, taking Nightlight’s car, a cherry red Mustang, with it. Nightlight bobbed in the bay for a while until rescuers plucked him from the water. They took him to a hospital where doctors decided he had no permanent damage and released him. Nightlight went to a bar and ordered a whiskey. How’s your day been? said the man next to him. About average, said Nightlight.