02-26-2009, 01:59 AM
The hand grabbed nothing and he went reeling forward. "Damn...." Face-down on the sidewalk, black liquid came trickling out his pocket and pooled in the crack between one slab and another. And then it turned into a black, glass daffodil, facing the apartment building that the boy had just entered.
The man got to his feet and sighed. Then he turned one direction, towards a nearby tree and climbed up into it with one strong movement of arms. He settled into the cradle of its branches and then closed his eyes. Waiting.
Last edited by Kannanomaly; 03-07-2009 at 07:50 PM..
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