”Yes, I think I will.” Her tone was subdued as she bowed her acknowledgment and wrapped the blanket around her shoulders more closely. As her eyes closed, she felt her mind debating over his last words and winced with the effort of sweeping these provoking thoughts away.
The last words she murmured before she drifted to slumber were these:
“My eyes are focused on the future… the future that Death brings.”
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