12-07-2008, 10:45 PM
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He heard the name, heard it but did not comprehend what it meant. Ahren remained still, fixated on the singular act that he had committed. This was not the first time. It would not be the last. As with murder, these were addictions, impulses, things he could not control. His tongue moved in his mouth and he felt steel, tasted it as he had been doing since he was a boy, and wondered about the hostile nature of the universe.
“It’s an expression,” the blonde coughed, pushing his hair out of his face with one scarred, ruined hand. “There’s nothing here.” Nothing but broken buildings and the remnants of a pack that had vanished in the fall, as so many others had. He had lost everything, this much he knew. All that remained was the desire to erase all trace from the world.
He heard the name, heard it but did not comprehend what it meant. Ahren remained still, fixated on the singular act that he had committed. This was not the first time. It would not be the last. As with murder, these were addictions, impulses, things he could not control. His tongue moved in his mouth and he felt steel, tasted it as he had been doing since he was a boy, and wondered about the hostile nature of the universe.
“It’s an expression,” the blonde coughed, pushing his hair out of his face with one scarred, ruined hand. “There’s nothing here.” Nothing but broken buildings and the remnants of a pack that had vanished in the fall, as so many others had. He had lost everything, this much he knew. All that remained was the desire to erase all trace from the world.