09-10-2008, 01:14 AM
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He could read his companion, as he had been reading him for years now, it seemed. Ahren looked down at the ground, where the water was striking, vanishing, and repeating its strange cycle. It felt like they had lost everything in one fell swoop, and that perhaps really, nothing mattered anymore. He wanted to believe he had gotten his wish. He had truly begun to feel less as less as the days and weeks went on.
“The winter would kill you,” he stated flatly. A year and some odd weeks out in the world had shown him these things. In Europe, perhaps, a blind beggar could live. Not here.
Smoke filled his lungs, and he exhaled into the damp air.
“I can build a new cabin. Away from this one.” Because secretly, Ahren wanted to be further away from them. He needed the space. It was a safety net—not just for him, but for those terrible things he did.
He could read his companion, as he had been reading him for years now, it seemed. Ahren looked down at the ground, where the water was striking, vanishing, and repeating its strange cycle. It felt like they had lost everything in one fell swoop, and that perhaps really, nothing mattered anymore. He wanted to believe he had gotten his wish. He had truly begun to feel less as less as the days and weeks went on.
“The winter would kill you,” he stated flatly. A year and some odd weeks out in the world had shown him these things. In Europe, perhaps, a blind beggar could live. Not here.
Smoke filled his lungs, and he exhaled into the damp air.
“I can build a new cabin. Away from this one.” Because secretly, Ahren wanted to be further away from them. He needed the space. It was a safety net—not just for him, but for those terrible things he did.