It's not because we knew” Lukas said, sucking a gasp of air. “It's because we did it. - Hugh Howey

That’s all. Just that pocket of warmth in a freezing lake. Just a glancing ray of sunshine. A star that winks once, twice, then turns away. Death without the dying.

Our tears are trying to serve a purpose, but we rarely let them. I don't know how we got started with subverting that purpose.

He turned the coin over and over and contemplated the only thing unusual about him holding a trinket from a world fallen to ashes - and that was him being around to marvel at the loss. It was supposed to be people who died and cultures that lasted. Now, it was the other way around;