Lilly got up and stood silently for some time. Then she left. Tenney silently lay waiting for his doom. He had given up long ago. He wanted to die. He wanted the miseries to be dealt with. He wanted it to be over.
He could rest.
A wave of peace washed over him. He smiled. His heartbeats came back to normal. His eyes got used to the new world. Nothing bothered him or frightened him anymore. Death smiled at him and he smiled right back at it. I am not afraid of you anymore. He thought.
Hours passed. Tenny awoke, feeling his own urine and defecation. He heard the ominous footsteps. The dark figures came. He rolled and took the thing from the floor with his teeth and chewed it. The slimy, sour thing, he didn't know what it was, but he didn't care and suddenly he felt better. The fear washed
