#alexbrowning

At the memorial ”As Tod spoke, the sunlight suddenly turned to shadow. Alex looked up at the sky. It was still deep blue, but a single black cloud blocked the sun. A slight breeze sprang up out of nowhere, flapping the American flag that hung at half-mast beside the memorial.  Alex shivered and glanced back up at Tod, troubled. He could've sworn he saw the shadows behind his friend move.” And at the obituary “Alex shivered. What was a person anyway? Just flesh and blood and bone and tissue, with a spark inside it that made it move.Tod's spark had very definitely left the building."That's him," he told Clear, "but... he's not here. Whatever it was that made him Tod is gone."Alex peered closer at Tod. Even in sleep, Tod had never looked like this. His body was far too still to be-Blam! Tod's hand suddenly jerked up into the air. Alex and Clear leapt backwards, clutching at one another in fright. "Oh my God! OH MY GOD!”  "Tod, you fucking asshole! You think this is funny, you fucking dick?" yelled Alex.”