"Like a tea kettle" I said, "Our minds often do not spike until enough pressure." My fingers wrapped around the object I never thought I'd give to its true owner.
"That's true." He said, emotionless. No doubt about it, if he was like a robot before this disaster, he was one now.
"He forgives you, Evan." Holding back the smile that was begging to show itself. "He apologizes, and" I pulled it out, cover and all. "he made me swear on my life that I would give this back to it's owner" Without bothering to ask, I pulled his wrist towards me, opened his long, scarred fingers, and placed the object in his hand.
The look in his lifeless, brown eyes was all I needed.
"Go ahead, open it" Like a parent coaxing a child to open a surprise birthday present. "Ain't going to ki-" The gold was gleaming through within seconds.
"Medal." I couldn't tell if the gleam in his eyes was from the deaths he had witnessed, the tears that were welling in his eyes, or both.
"It's been nice,
"That's true." He said, emotionless. No doubt about it, if he was like a robot before this disaster, he was one now.
"He forgives you, Evan." Holding back the smile that was begging to show itself. "He apologizes, and" I pulled it out, cover and all. "he made me swear on my life that I would give this back to it's owner" Without bothering to ask, I pulled his wrist towards me, opened his long, scarred fingers, and placed the object in his hand.
The look in his lifeless, brown eyes was all I needed.
"Go ahead, open it" Like a parent coaxing a child to open a surprise birthday present. "Ain't going to ki-" The gold was gleaming through within seconds.
"Medal." I couldn't tell if the gleam in his eyes was from the deaths he had witnessed, the tears that were welling in his eyes, or both.
"It's been nice,
