He decides he’ll just wait a bit. Stay with her. For now, they’ll stay still, and let the future come to them. Beneath the dim circle of light inside the dark apartment, they sit together in a companionable, if troubled, silence. Outside, the great chamber of night eclipses their world, oblivious to the menace which runs swiftly through its black halls, rides the wind to points far and wide, aiming for distant horizons.
