Brotherhood Bar-Talks

[I_m_rdy]

Raul, ignoring everything around him, including the alarm, went slowly into the bar. As the entered, all he felt was sadness and despair, spiced with slight anger. Even the Boozer's Lounge was too calm for these hours. He felt that way, too, only that he was rather angry than sad. Raul was angry at himself that he couldn't do anything to hinder Pedro's death. He sat down at a table, alone, without ordering anything. All he did is wrapping his arms around his head, sunken on the table.

Raul was not crying, though. He was thinking, calmly. "How could this be? How did Pedro die? It's like a bad nightmare... Only if I could have done something, he could maybe sit here and have a beer with us." Raul sat there at the table, thinking about the same over and over for a long time. Every once in a while a tear broke from his face. Raul never felt so alone like that moment.

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