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Oh, the random of the scenes that drop into my head.
He found the other man outside, staring sightlessly into the falling rain. The acrid smell of tobacco overwhelmed that of damp; he took the cigarette from an unresisting hand and stubbed it out. "I thought you had stopped. Those things will kill you, you know."
That earned him a brief smile. "If I live long enough for them to kill me, it'll be nothing short of the God's own miracle." The expression washed from his face. "I've been recalled. This-- all of this-- it's over."
He found the other man outside, staring sightlessly into the falling rain. The acrid smell of tobacco overwhelmed that of damp; he took the cigarette from an unresisting hand and stubbed it out. "I thought you had stopped. Those things will kill you, you know."
That earned him a brief smile. "If I live long enough for them to kill me, it'll be nothing short of the God's own miracle." The expression washed from his face. "I've been recalled. This-- all of this-- it's over."
