The sky was clothed in a cotton blanket of clouds coloring the closing of day with a pink haze that shone down on the city. This meant a heap of returns. Kids returning to their homes for dinner, parents who had been returning from work, and for Cyrus it meant returning his attention back to the multitude of thoughts that circled around his mind. Coral tiers parted slightly, air escaping briefly without sound as he whirled his head around to face his best friend who had been seated next to him.       "Do you ever like.. y'know.." He struggled trying to string together the words he was trying to say. "I don't know I'm just kinda wondering you know? What happens to sound waves like do they just keep going? Do they disappear? Maybe I'd know had I payed enough attention in science. What do you think?"