Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 16:53:15 GMT -5
Neither of the two people seemed to like the situation, especially the one named Marko. Being invited in wasn't exactly a common courtesy in this world, and Eli stood in uncomfortable silence for what felt like hours with Tala. It had been well over six months since he had seen another human up close...well, one that was living, breathing, and not trying to eat his neck anyways...
"Hi, I'm Tala."
And she was so stunningly pretty that his knees trembled even more than they were under this cold weather. Eli composed himself and leaned back against the wall. He raised his gun and Tala instinctively raised her spear...but Eli held his hands up in the air, his glock dangling from his trigger finger. He sheathed his knife and dropped his gun to the bed he had been using these passed few nights.
"I'm Eli...Eli Salt", he said. "I don't know why I'm telling you this, or talking to you in the first place, considering doing that these days could be a death sentence...but I figured if I was going to die I would already be dead. Now, please don't take that personally...it's just, I've had a morbid outlook on people pretty much before all THIS happened, and the end of the world didn't do too much to bring everybody together..."
Eli stopped talking for a second and coughed once into his hand. The weather was starting to get to him a little bit.
"...but the way he let you come in here by yourself...the way he just left you with a stranger means that you MUST be good people. You have to be trusting people. I want...so hard to believe that. I really do...but I don't know if I can anymore. I don't know if I'm allowed too."
Eli stopped talking and let everything sink in.
"Hi, I'm Tala."
And she was so stunningly pretty that his knees trembled even more than they were under this cold weather. Eli composed himself and leaned back against the wall. He raised his gun and Tala instinctively raised her spear...but Eli held his hands up in the air, his glock dangling from his trigger finger. He sheathed his knife and dropped his gun to the bed he had been using these passed few nights.
"I'm Eli...Eli Salt", he said. "I don't know why I'm telling you this, or talking to you in the first place, considering doing that these days could be a death sentence...but I figured if I was going to die I would already be dead. Now, please don't take that personally...it's just, I've had a morbid outlook on people pretty much before all THIS happened, and the end of the world didn't do too much to bring everybody together..."
Eli stopped talking for a second and coughed once into his hand. The weather was starting to get to him a little bit.
"...but the way he let you come in here by yourself...the way he just left you with a stranger means that you MUST be good people. You have to be trusting people. I want...so hard to believe that. I really do...but I don't know if I can anymore. I don't know if I'm allowed too."
Eli stopped talking and let everything sink in.