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Theme #32 Rain at Midnight
Author: Wyltk
The rain poured down in sheets over my head as I rushed through the steady rain. I had placed my briefcase over my head in hopes of warding off some of the rain but it was slowly failing the longer I was out. I wished I could have gotten off work earlier, but there had been an emergency and I couldn't bring myself to leave them. However, now rushing through the heart, the time creeping steadily towards midnight, I regretted my decision.
My feet kicked up small puddles of rain, as I ran stopping only when I noticed a small teenage girl sitting in the grass oblivious to the rain that was pouring around her. It took me a moment to recognize the blonde hair, odangos so soaked they had untwisted and lay down her back in large thick lumps.
"Odango?"
"Is it wrong to kill?" she looked up at me after a couple seconds of my silence, her eyes a haunted sort of blue. Unsure of how to continue I finally went for the honest approach.
"Yes. It's wrong to kill."
Usagi huddled tighter, and giving up and staying dry, I dropped down beside her letting the rain hit me lightly on top of my head. I turned my body towards her and waited as she seemed to debate something.
"What if it's an animal? Is it wrong to kill then?"
"Well yea. It's wrong to kill anything, don't you think? It would be like me killing… Motoki. That would be wrong wouldn't it?" Usagi nodded slowly… Her shoulders were sinking lower and lower as she put her head on her knees, turning her head from me.
"What if… What if it's an evil animal? One that bites and scratches."
"If you find an animal like that it's best to take it to the proper people. You never know if they can maybe help it become less aggressive. Just killing it without trying to help is destroying a life needlessly."
"What if someone… Has to kill? They have no choice."
"You always have a choice."
"What about Serial Killers? What do you think about them? What if it's for a good reason, say a man killing Mercenaries?"
"What brought this up?"
"Please just answer?"
"I guess it's still wrong in some ways. Cause why kill in the first place? What can be gained? If he knows where to find them all, he should tell someone who can help." Usagi clutched her legs to her chest.
"What do you think happens to people who kill?"
"I don't know."
"Do you think anyone could ever love someone they knew was a killer? Do you think you could love someone who kills other living things?"
"I don't know, I guess some people might fall in love with a killer… But I don't think I ever could." Usagi nodded slowly, looking worse then she had when they started talking. I stood up and held out my hand to help her. She took it slowly and I smiled.
"It's midnight already. May I walk you home?"
"NO! I mean… I… It's only a couple blocks I'll be fine. Goodnight Mamoru." She ran off into the rain and I lost sight of her through the rain. So it must have been my imagination… But I could have sworn I heard a mournful wail fill the night air.
Wyltk