something hard struck his head and he promptly fell back down to the rubble . after everything that happened , here we are , years later , but it feels like that day all over again . it takes a moment to calm down . early evening shadows helped them adjust to earths light . both of us did , although it amused me , when i noticed , how rare it was for any of these to keep us out past 8 oclock . along the border of the pit , bleached bones lay in the gleaming black and lined its banks . 