Time
We had always been told that once we reach this span of life, this was it until we outlived ourselves and finally fell to peace.
“It was rare but it happened,” he tells me. He looks stricken with grief for only a single moment, before he shakes his head, looking at me. “Come with me.”
All of a sudden, we are moving.
We walk down the wharf a small way, before he walks me back down through an alleyway. I know he doesn’t want to be seen by anyone, but this is starting to get ridiculous. That is, until he walks to the nearest door, and opens it. I look up, wondering if he is dragging me into someone elses home.
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