It's all going to end.
Asher didn't lie.
It is the end.
They have long stopped running on the field. Most of their comrades have dropped their rifles, feet nailed to the ground as three bombers flit across the sky. Hundreds of bombs pour down. Shaan and Elli stand close to each other, glancing over the burning sea where their comrades are blown into the air one by one. An exceptionally huge and long bomb comes dashing towards them.
'That's...not right,' says Elli, unexpectedly composed. 'I thought they promised not to involve nuclear power.'
'Unless that's the last resort,' says Shaan, blinking hollowly at the sky.
Time ceases. Elli is back to the scene where he is standing on the summit with Shaan, with the world burning beneath their feet, creatures shrieking and wailing around t
