I look down the aisle. A fog of people move in hyper speed up and down, side to side. They too, are a blur of color. Then suddenly, something catches my eye. A dark, depressing blot of black at the end of the aisle. My feet slowly keep up with the crowd around me as if being pulled towards the darkness. I can't see anything else. The closer I get, the more I come to understand that it's a person. They are cloaked in a black coat with the hood up. They almost seem to absorb all the color around them and their darkness spreads to the shelf they are leaning up against. Despite the nauseating hum of the fluorescent lights, they remain shrouded. The sea of people pulls me closer to the person. I would try to resist but I can't seem to get my body to respond. Maybe I don't want it to. Something
