12-03-2008, 02:15 PM
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For a long time, Ahren stared at the door, seeing but not seeing the wood grain that spelled out patterns and visions of a mystical world. This was not really happening, but it was. It couldn’t be happening, but it had. The blonde shut his eyes, breathed in, and exhaled in a breath of steam. They were past the point of no return. Both feet suddenly found motion, however mechanical it was, and walked forward.
He covered the distance between them, and sat next to his companion. A chunk of his hair tumbled into his face, obscuring his eyes, and he realized he was no longer shivering. “I need your arm,” he said quietly, focused in the same intensity he had always been.
For a long time, Ahren stared at the door, seeing but not seeing the wood grain that spelled out patterns and visions of a mystical world. This was not really happening, but it was. It couldn’t be happening, but it had. The blonde shut his eyes, breathed in, and exhaled in a breath of steam. They were past the point of no return. Both feet suddenly found motion, however mechanical it was, and walked forward.
He covered the distance between them, and sat next to his companion. A chunk of his hair tumbled into his face, obscuring his eyes, and he realized he was no longer shivering. “I need your arm,” he said quietly, focused in the same intensity he had always been.