Chapter 47: And Yet, Time Shows No Fairness
I rose after the commotion on the roof had finally diminished.
Those winged aberrations seemed unlikely to surrender easily, but at least I wouldn’t have my skull crushed between their jaws the moment I stepped outside. I couldn’t claim it was safe, of course, but I couldn’t resign myself to sitting here for eternity either.
“Time to prepare ourselves.”
“No.”
The man responded with his head still buried between his knees.
“What do you mean, no?”
“I can’t continue. This is where it ends for me.”
He muttered in a voice heavy with despair.
“You claimed there are no heroes, but that’s merely a comforting lie those who succeed tell themselves. You’re different—exceptional. How else could you face all we’ve witnessed and still press forward? I cannot comprehend it. I’m nothing like you. I’m merely human.”