The Search

You know what I did in the war? Well, it was a war, don't you? Oh two million dollars away the bond Be my horse, pistol Oh How are you? I hate that animal. Tell me what you're doing in a war. It's been a long time. I forget you forget back here moron on a one hand in a

Long green one the other. Look at her. You don't cry again. Stop it. Stop it and leave me alone. Relax, Romeo. That's about enough. Is this boy? Is it now? All right, Bo. Come on. Over here.

What you doing? I'm feeding my dog. For the rest of her seeds? That's right. You see this dog works. I don't know about that, but he's not going to eat. Why you? You're gonna have to eat your dinner up off the floor.

But first come on and take a walk with me. If I don't get outside fast, I'm gonna kill a man. I apologize for all. I apologize for the whole human race. The Swirl in darkness.

Only a few hours before this had been my home, mine alone. Free from the bicker and world and the men who made it. who made it. Now the storm had brought me these two. And in a blind moment, a hot boy in an anger. I knew that I'd almost taken a man's life. I felt the cold on my face, clear in

my head. The storm would go. By morning, if I were lucky, I'd be gone too. I could be alone again. Alone the way I wanted to be. And then I walked through the flock with Bo at my heels, shaking some strays out from the false comfort of the drifts.