Frankosity: Foundation (3059)

It was not an unfamiliar sight to me- I had seen men like this in the War; those who'd seen more than they could bear, experiencing the absolute extremes of terror and stress, breaking them in a way untreatable by medicine. ... In a cracking voice he demanded if I had any open windows or unlocked doors; when I, taken aback, informed him that the windows were closed and doors locked, this being winter, after all, he seemed to relax very slightly, sitting down in my ...