08-28-2008, 03:11 AM
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There was no such thing as a happy ending, or once upon a time. The heroes did not go off into distant sunsets and live in glory forever. Princes and kings (both of which Ahren had been) wound up on the streets. Cities crumbled and castles became vacant. In the end, there was only themselves, only the ego and the id and that was all they ever really had. In the end, they would all be alone. “Yeah,” he said, though his voice was distant and his eyes unfocused. “I suppose so.”
There was no such thing as a happy ending, or once upon a time. The heroes did not go off into distant sunsets and live in glory forever. Princes and kings (both of which Ahren had been) wound up on the streets. Cities crumbled and castles became vacant. In the end, there was only themselves, only the ego and the id and that was all they ever really had. In the end, they would all be alone. “Yeah,” he said, though his voice was distant and his eyes unfocused. “I suppose so.”