I sat and waited as my thoughts gathered and my adrenaline built up to the point where I could no longer sit and wait still. My eyes watered a bit but deep down I knew that everything, eventually, would turn out right, if I could only stay positive, and if I could only find the optimism in our pessimistic world. My arms trembled and wouldn't allow me to give her the hug that she had always deserved. Her head rested on my shoulder and we both realized that, for the moment, our lives were ending.
"That angry fool wind is gonna blow again, so hang on with all of your might. That hard stabbing pain will always feel the same. There's nothing you can do to fight."