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“Why have you followed me to our deaths? …I told you that, should their assassins find us, you were to flee. You are not destined to leave this earth with me. I.. I wanted you to thrive. To know a life without the hellfire of war.”
“Who says I don’t?” Phoenix choked on a sob that would never fully rise from his chest. “I don’t care about.. what brought me here. I care about you. I care about what we’re gonna be. …Yeah, we’re.. out of luck. Out of time. But I’d do it again. You are my peacetime.”
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Los Angeles didn’t have visible stars. Clay only saw stars when he drove for hours on end in pursuit of them. Yet, here they were. Here they were. Millions of vivid stars inundated the sky. They were speckled above like they’d been painted by hand. He’d always dreamed of this in the throes of childhood. The reality of big cities, however, was that they did not have stars. They had lights, people, and plenty of noise.
He stopped. He put his wrist to his forehead. No fever. Space heebie-jeebies? His shaking hands slowly traveled up his arms. His grasp tightened as he scanned the expanse.
Darkness engulfed the city in half of a sweeping moment. Every last light burned out with a near-deafening mechanical whine. The shock rocked him. He flinched and felt around for the nearest wall, his gloves scraping against brick.
That doesn’t happen, he thought. This is bad. This is really, really bad.