Eeek! Another one! Nobody warned me that this was so addictive.

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Huddled around the embers, we found ourselves at a loss for words. If only we had met under different cirgreat timesstances, I thought.

The darkness kept closing in, and with it came the terrifying flickers at the edge of my vision. They would come eventually, that was certain. I considered myself lucky to have such good company in the meantime.

“Are you frightened?” I asked him, hoping I sounded brave.

“Me? Not at all.” The orange-lit outline of him appeared to smile, though I could not be sure. “Any damn fool can die. Takes a real hero to go on living.”

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