The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." "What?" "I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind." He held out his palm.
"Forgive me about the leg?" Eddie thought for a moment. He thought about the bitterness after his wounding, his anger at all he had given up. Then he thought of what the Captain had given up and he felt ashamed. He offered his hand. The Captain gripped it tightly.
"That's what I've been waiting for." Suddenly, the thick vines dropped off the banyan branches ...and melted with a hiss into the ground. New, healthy branches emerged in a yawning spread, covered in smooth, leathery leaves and pouches of figs.
The Captain only glanced up, as if he'd been expecting it. Then, using his open palms, he wiped the remaining ash from his face.
"Captain?" Eddie said.
"Yeah?" "Why here? You can pick anywhere to wait, right? That's what the Blue Man said. So why this place?" The Captain smiled. "Because I died in battle. I was killed in these hills. I left the world having known almost nothing but war—war talk, war plans, a war family.MoreLess
"Forgive me about the leg?" Eddie thought for a moment. He thought about the bitterness after his wounding, his anger at all he had given up. Then he thought of what the Captain had given up and he felt ashamed. He offered his hand. The Captain gripped it tightly.
"That's what I've been waiting for." Suddenly, the thick vines dropped off the banyan branches ...and melted with a hiss into the ground. New, healthy branches emerged in a yawning spread, covered in smooth, leathery leaves and pouches of figs.
The Captain only glanced up, as if he'd been expecting it. Then, using his open palms, he wiped the remaining ash from his face.
"Captain?" Eddie said.
"Yeah?" "Why here? You can pick anywhere to wait, right? That's what the Blue Man said. So why this place?" The Captain smiled. "Because I died in battle. I was killed in these hills. I left the world having known almost nothing but war—war talk, war plans, a war family.MoreLess
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