the end

He was barely moving, he couldn’t feel anything but pain, but he felt like he had to keep going. There was no real reason, he’d dragged himself away from danger, he’d lost a huge amount of blood. He was going to die soon no matter where he wound up. Perhaps he would speed up that fact if he kept going, trailing his lifeblood along the way. What he didn’t expect was that familiar voice in his ear as he crawled under the fruiting trees.

Foggy value and lavender eyes looked up to see his sister, a form he thought was long gone by now. He squinted as he lifted his head, was she a ghost coming to guide him to the afterlife? ”Obviously.” He answered, immediately regretting that decision as he started to cough up bloody phlegm.