When I reach the end of the... «Dread Nation»
RamingoWS23 июня 2018When I reach the end of the boardwalk, I keep walking past the saloon and back toward the rail yard where we entered town. For a moment I think that maybe I could just keep walking, out toward the mystery of the wall, past that to the open prairie, continue moving until I`ve left this whole mess behind. Running away has never been my style, but it doesn`t seem so bad, now. The road past the rail yard is lined with poles, and beyond it are houses, which I can get a better look at now. Beautiful houses, whitewashed and large, the kind of house where you could raise a nice family. Screams filter up the road from the houses, and I tense until I see a pack of kids come running around the side of one of them, playing some game of chase and laughing in between their proclamation of mock terror. The sight stops me in my tracks. When was the last time I saw kids running and playing, not a care in the world? Even back on Rose Hill we tended to be cautious in our play, the memory of Zeke casting a long shadow for years to follow. If kids can run and play and scream in delight, then maybe Summerland ain`t all bad. I turn back the way I came and head to the saloon.
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