The phrase “I’m glad you’re alive” carries two implicit assumptions.
First, the speaker recognizes the person they’re addressing.
Second, they had assumed that person was dead.
And that meant one thing.
The security captain had realized that the taxi driver sitting in the front seat—me—was none other than Kim Soleum, field exploration team lead, who had been officially declared dead.
‘…Since when?’
I glanced at the security captain through the rearview mirror.
Looks like some missing section at the start 🥲, when did the ghost dropped off?