09-10-2008, 02:12 AM
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The touch, which had only weeks ago been nothing but fire and pain, was comforting. They needed each other, even though they refused to admit this. A nihilist and an existential serial-killer could not hope to survive without some support, as meaningless as it was. So that was why Ahren raised his arm and hooked it around Laruku, letting his fingers trail though his companion’s hair as he watched the rain. Maybe this didn’t matter, and maybe they were all ready dead. Still, though, in the rain and gray-sky earth, they were doing what they had to do in order to survive.
The touch, which had only weeks ago been nothing but fire and pain, was comforting. They needed each other, even though they refused to admit this. A nihilist and an existential serial-killer could not hope to survive without some support, as meaningless as it was. So that was why Ahren raised his arm and hooked it around Laruku, letting his fingers trail though his companion’s hair as he watched the rain. Maybe this didn’t matter, and maybe they were all ready dead. Still, though, in the rain and gray-sky earth, they were doing what they had to do in order to survive.