Elliot stepped onto the roof in the dead of night , the moon was out, full, and it glowed over the lake.
"How can humans say that light is the fastest thing in the
universe?" He mused, "When wherever the light goes, the darkness is there, waiting for it; when the light finally crawls up to meet the darkness, it has already left, to wait again for the light somewhere else..."he chuckled to himself, quietly at first, then a loud, boisterous laugh, then a mad cackle. When he finally stopped laughing, he listened to its echo, as it faded into the darkness...
"How can humans say that light is the fastest thing in the
universe?" He mused, "When wherever the light goes, the darkness is there, waiting for it; when the light finally crawls up to meet the darkness, it has already left, to wait again for the light somewhere else..."he chuckled to himself, quietly at first, then a loud, boisterous laugh, then a mad cackle. When he finally stopped laughing, he listened to its echo, as it faded into the darkness...