Killing Me Softly

Tao sighs. "You probably know about as much as we do. All we know is that they showed up, and now it's not even safe to go outside anymore."
He climbs onto the metal desk you dropped onto and closes the window. "I haven't been able to get reception on my phone," he said, "so I've been saving the battery. I wish we could find a way to watch the news-"
"If the electricity still even works," says the girl.
"Yeah, I guess," he says, deflating slightly.