THE GHOST IN THE SHELL \\
It feels like a lifetime.
Seconds and minutes, hours and days: an unwavering darkness as they wait for the light. Wait, for Azrael to wake up, for the oxygen to run out.
They owe their lives to Morgan, and he'd hate to be helpless in the face of saving her after what she's done for them.
But finally, dawn comes. How do they know? He's not sure. Perhaps it is instinct. Perhaps they have been keeping count. He unfolds from his corner, stiff and owlish, takes his halberd and waits as the rock crumbles. Outside is a mess: hesitant rays of pale sunlight peek through the smoky haze to illuminate the destruction.
Limbs stretch towards the sky.
Charred, broken, bits of wiring waving in the breeze. Loose, disconnected ends.
Aamu stares at the wasteland and the slaughter. He remembers the sensation of feeling cold, and still feels the dread. It sits like something swollen in his gut.
He knows what they've done.
He knows what he's done.
Saying nothing, Aamu retreats back into the darkness, to await the night again.
( Fin? )
Seconds and minutes, hours and days: an unwavering darkness as they wait for the light. Wait, for Azrael to wake up, for the oxygen to run out.
They owe their lives to Morgan, and he'd hate to be helpless in the face of saving her after what she's done for them.
But finally, dawn comes. How do they know? He's not sure. Perhaps it is instinct. Perhaps they have been keeping count. He unfolds from his corner, stiff and owlish, takes his halberd and waits as the rock crumbles. Outside is a mess: hesitant rays of pale sunlight peek through the smoky haze to illuminate the destruction.
Limbs stretch towards the sky.
Charred, broken, bits of wiring waving in the breeze. Loose, disconnected ends.
Aamu stares at the wasteland and the slaughter. He remembers the sensation of feeling cold, and still feels the dread. It sits like something swollen in his gut.
He knows what they've done.
He knows what he's done.
Saying nothing, Aamu retreats back into the darkness, to await the night again.
( Fin? )
