The neon sign for "Buy Buy Baby" flickered, casting a rhythmic, sickly pink glow over the deserted parking lot. Inside, Elias moved like a ghost through Aisle 4.
"I’ve got a mother in the East Ward with a kid who can't keep anything else down," Elias said, his voice steady despite the hammer of his heart. "She paid me in silver quarters. Real ones." buy buy baby formula
In the year 2029, after the Great Supply Collapse, Enfamil and Similac were traded like spice on the Silk Road. Elias was a "Runner"—a man hired by desperate parents to find the last remaining stock in shuttered retail husks. The neon sign for "Buy Buy Baby" flickered,