Behind Enemy Lines (Day Three)

[Akirapryde]

She blinked a few times trying to make the connection, "sorry I really have killed so many since we landed on this world." She looked down at the flower once more. "There was a time that that was a badge of honor. But now I just feel this emptiness inside."

She gave a half laugh, "if you believe that, than you know nothing of the Darkside."

Once more she loomed back in to his eyes, "the darkness is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins." She paused a moment as she drew in a deep breath.

"It always wins because it is everywhere.
It is in the wood that burns in your fireplace, and in the kettle on the fire. It is under your chair and under your table and under the sheets on your bed. Walk in the midday sun, and the dark is with you, attached to the soles of your feet."

She motioned to the near by shadows, "everywhere you look, you will see darkness. But you don't understand." She looked back at the flower as a frown crossed her lips, "you can't see it," she said taking his hand. "It's even in me," she said putting the little flower back in his hand.