gluing roses on a flatbed | ezra; day 2
Jun 26, 2020 13:26:46 GMT -5
Post by goat on Jun 26, 2020 13:26:46 GMT -5
ezra valencia
He tries to give the bird a burial.
The ground is tough, sand fine and hard to pile up, but he kicks enough of it over the creature’s body to make it feel deliberate. Ezra chews up the root of one of the plants he’d taken yesterday and placed the flower on top of its body. The herb is bitter. He chews it harder and forces it down his throat. It isn’t the worst thing he’s had to come to terms with today. Taking a life seems pretty significant.
“I’m sorry,” he tells the bird, even though it doesn’t really make a difference. He killed it, because it was trying to kill him, and he would have died if it hadn’t. He knows he’s supposed to feel triumphant or something, but it just feels bad. Is he supposed to feel the same way if he takes a human life? He still can’t even fathom the thought, but it doesn’t matter, because it’s what he’s here for, what his name was drawn for. Cannons have already sounded today. Everybody else has gotten the memo and subscribed to its teachings, this bullshit method of survival.
There has to be another way, he thinks.
[ ezra uses camo, does maint stuff. ]
The ground is tough, sand fine and hard to pile up, but he kicks enough of it over the creature’s body to make it feel deliberate. Ezra chews up the root of one of the plants he’d taken yesterday and placed the flower on top of its body. The herb is bitter. He chews it harder and forces it down his throat. It isn’t the worst thing he’s had to come to terms with today. Taking a life seems pretty significant.
“I’m sorry,” he tells the bird, even though it doesn’t really make a difference. He killed it, because it was trying to kill him, and he would have died if it hadn’t. He knows he’s supposed to feel triumphant or something, but it just feels bad. Is he supposed to feel the same way if he takes a human life? He still can’t even fathom the thought, but it doesn’t matter, because it’s what he’s here for, what his name was drawn for. Cannons have already sounded today. Everybody else has gotten the memo and subscribed to its teachings, this bullshit method of survival.
There has to be another way, he thinks.
[ ezra uses camo, does maint stuff. ]
