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[Viola]

It was morning, i could her the spackle moving around outside the tent. I didn't sleep well, for There is a big occasion, and the city the new settlers will be moving into is in ruins.

Everyone wants Todd to be the new president, but while He's like this... He can't control anything, let alone anyone. And he hates the city! Even he said- he wants to leave. Just me and him, alone, maybe with Ben. I get groggily to my feet, i probably look a mess. All my old friends will be here, and what will they think of me? But I can't leave Todd. Todd who sacrificed his dog for me, Todd who saved my life countless times, Todd who...

And then i notice his eyeballs are moving beneath his eyelids.

was he doing that yesterday?

I place my hand on his cheek tenderly, and realise how much i want him to be awake, how much i need him. "Come on Todd.." I whisper, as a salty drop begins to fall down my face.

"It's time to wake up..." I say.

I am about to let go of him, to go and ask a spackle what the movement of his eyes mean, when i feel cold fingers toutch my hand. I jump, and look around, but there's no-one there, and the cold is still on my hand, and suddenly i hear:

"Viola?"

And it's Todd...

It's my Todd...

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