"Oh, we are here again." I looked around the place. It reminded me of Mikhail before I got to know him. I remembered how he almost died. How I rescued him and he hated me for it.
"No one saves me. How dare you ruin such a record? Those words lived with me.
"You remember this place?" He smiled a small smile.
"Yeah. You tried killing me here too." I shrugged, smiling when he shook his head.
"Will you ever let that go?" He mused, pursing his lips.
"Says the man who knows nothing about letting things go." He laughed at that. The sound did funny things to my guts. I smiled at the sincerity of his laughter. He rarely laughed without mockery or spite.
"I - " He paused with a smile to himself. "Fair enough." He walked forward. I did not move.
The place seemed to close in on me but some
