Her name is Astrid. She's sleek, thin, and lovely. Cold to the touch, yet, inviting and warm once you get to know her better. She's brilliant, smooth, razor-sharp, and a great listener, too. Her spacey skin I could unreservedly get lost in. She is...

My laptop.

The first answer I thought of when asked the question, "What is the one thing you can't live without?" was the one thing I'm typing out right now. It's no surprise the internet is a vast, prodigious place, and sure, I could've instead picked my phone, but there's nothing quite like typing on a satisfying keyboard, embellishing a smooth surface with stickers, viewing on a compromised medium-sized screen, and beyond.

To note the reasons for my choosing, laptops, specifically my alluring one, are essential in my school and writing lives. Have you ever tried writing a full novel solely on a phone? I wouldn't recommend it.

Writing is a significant part of my life and one of the joys of this world. Astrid allows me the pleasure of writing digitally rather than cramping my hand with a smudgy pen. And with schools using more and more technology in the contemporary world, I require it for many classes, even just to turn things in.

There are also the benefits of entertainment and communication, simply meaning I won't spiral into insanity if people around me are gone and all my books shrivel up in a massive, mysterious fire. E-books are an indulgence.

For total clarification, I "can't live without" this item because it fulfills a certain part of me that's not my
basic needs of water, food, shelter, air, etcetera. It's fun. It's not my whole life, but it gives me many things to live for, and to love. Therefore, I would choose to keep this if I had to lose everything else that wasn't a human necessity.

Sorry, her.