Boundaries
“"To where?" the man shouted back.
Together, they turned a corner that led to what appeared, in the darkness, to be a narrower street. Apparently, it was unpaved, because David could feel the earth give a little beneath him as he ran.
"To your apartment," David shouted.
"I don’t know," the man shouted.
"Isn’t that . . . " David was getting short of breath. "Isn’t that where we’re going?" "To my apartment?" "Yes." David was breathing heavily.
"We’re running from the darkness," the man called.
"Sh...it!" David wheezed.
"Away from the darkness," the man repeated, and David could hear that he, too, seemed out of breath.
Far ahead, David saw what looked like daylight illuminating the tops of the city’s taller buildings.
~ * ~ Christian Grieg thought that his life was starting now. For its first forty years, who had he been? A stranger to himself. Someone who had tried to hide in his books. And reveal himself there, too. But doing that was a sign not so much of weakness (though it was that) as of dishonesty.MoreLess
Together, they turned a corner that led to what appeared, in the darkness, to be a narrower street. Apparently, it was unpaved, because David could feel the earth give a little beneath him as he ran.
"To your apartment," David shouted.
"I don’t know," the man shouted.
"Isn’t that . . . " David was getting short of breath. "Isn’t that where we’re going?" "To my apartment?" "Yes." David was breathing heavily.
"We’re running from the darkness," the man called.
"Sh...it!" David wheezed.
"Away from the darkness," the man repeated, and David could hear that he, too, seemed out of breath.
Far ahead, David saw what looked like daylight illuminating the tops of the city’s taller buildings.
~ * ~ Christian Grieg thought that his life was starting now. For its first forty years, who had he been? A stranger to himself. Someone who had tried to hide in his books. And reveal himself there, too. But doing that was a sign not so much of weakness (though it was that) as of dishonesty.MoreLess
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