I sat by his bed as the machines all indicated he was on his way out. For most of the time I was there, he was complaining about missed glory.
How he should have been the one to fly the experimental jet that proved FTL travel was possible, but some random cleaner getting covid led to him getting tested, which led to the false positive, which led to the backup guy getting the glory.
When the machines indicated he was beyond recovery, I explained why the future had depended on the other guy being the pilot.
Then I smothered him.
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