Lifespan Deathwatch

[Damien McEwan]

Jaina and Nivek find themselves walking down a city street somewhere on Planet Los Angeles.

Inexplicably however, Nivek doesn't remember how they got there. All he knows is that she is taking him to meet her friends.

They reach a corner bus stop, take their seats on the bench and begin small talking.

After a short bit, a white rabbit approaches & hops up onto Jaina's lap and asks her, "Hey Lady, you got a cigarette?"

"I don't smoke" she said.

The rabbit looks over to Nivek and repeats the same question. "Nah. I don't smoke either." he said.

"Oh well." the furry thing muttered with disappointment, and it hopped away.

Nivek shot up and went after it, yelling, "Wait! I wanna ask you something!"

"F**k off!" it shouted back at him over its shoulder. "You're not supposed to follow me yet. Follow her first, you moron!"

The bunny vanished as rain began to fall.

Nivek doesn't remember the bus ride, but the couple arrived at a small shop named 'Psychopomps'

Before they could enter the door, some guy that couldn't have been more than eighteen or nineteen shouted, "Wait up!" and came jogging up to them on the sidewalk.

He hugged the pair in an oddly familiar way as the rain came down with more intensity.

The guy explained that he's eventually going to Planet Cambridge and that he's always wanted to live there. He thanked them for it, gave them another familiar hug, then started babbling about his hopes and dreams.

Nivek didn't know what the kid was going on about, but finally recognized him as the kid from Freeport 6 and said, "That's cool...When are you going?"

"During the third trimester of the pregnancy." he replied with an unspoken 'Duh!'

Confused, He asked the boy, "Are you taking the piss?"

The rain started coming down in torrents at this point, and Nivek realized he needed to go take a piss.

With that thought, he woke up.

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