08-12-2008, 08:04 PM
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Ahren’s face did not so much smile as it did crack, and he began to laugh. It was the desperate laugh of a man who had seen half the world over and had broken down several times in the past. He laughed like the end of the world had been a long time coming and the fire in his belly and in his throat was in his blood and his mind as well. “All right,” he said, taking a drag on the cigarette. “Just remember you opened the door.”
Ahren’s face did not so much smile as it did crack, and he began to laugh. It was the desperate laugh of a man who had seen half the world over and had broken down several times in the past. He laughed like the end of the world had been a long time coming and the fire in his belly and in his throat was in his blood and his mind as well. “All right,” he said, taking a drag on the cigarette. “Just remember you opened the door.”