A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews, guys! You're all wonderful :) Happy Holidays, everyone! Posting in case I don't get a chance to add anything later today as the plan was to try posting at least once a day until the episodes are back on. Also meant to add the usual disclaimer on Pt. 1 saying I don't own the characters.

Summary: Kai's still in the car, now stopped, and contemplating what he's seen.

Pt. 2 - Snuff it Out (100 words)


Dizziness. The world had tilted on its axis.
So Kai, eyes narrowed, tilted his head to make up for the imbalance.
Because here, houses were often ablaze outside. But never inside.
Never.

Not on the night he'd chosen alcohol poisoning
And not in the 17 years of sober travel and research and solitude that followed.

So this?
This was unacceptable. THIS was uncalled for.
And something or someone would answer for it.

Because the last man on earth had come to prefer his darkness.
And unless (or perhaps, even if) it held legitimate purpose, no unwelcome incandescence would change that.