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Someone once told me that shift work00:00:05
will take years off your life.00:00:08
I don't know if that's true or there's00:00:10
any science behind it, but I still00:00:12
believe it.00:00:14
If you've never worked shifts, it's00:00:17
hell. The schedule changes every week.00:00:20
You're in when you're in, and you adjust00:00:23
your life around that.00:00:25
Maybe it might be more manageable at a00:00:27
job with reasonable hours.00:00:29
something at a restaurant or in retail.00:00:33
Sure, it's still a [ __ ] deal, but it's a00:00:36
functional [ __ ] deal. Warehouses and00:00:39
factories, though. Well, that's another00:00:42
goddamn story altogether.00:00:45
Now, I've worked plenty of late shifts00:00:47
before. They're not fun. When you spend00:00:51
your time sleeping during the day and00:00:53
working at night, it doesn't leave a00:00:55
whole hell of a lot of room for much00:00:57
else.00:00:58
It [ __ ] up your circadian rhythm. And00:01:00
of course, you're just going to switch00:01:02
things up again in a week anyway when00:01:04
they put you on days.00:01:06
I don't know how anyone is expected to00:01:08
deal with it. But I guess the guys00:01:10
handing out the shifts really don't see00:01:12
it as their problem. I figure they00:01:14
always just assumed we'd figure it out00:01:16
and put as little thought into it all as00:01:18
possible.00:01:21
Anyway, my point is shift work [ __ ]00:01:24
sucks. And that's one of the reasons I00:01:27
refuse to do it these days.00:01:30
And when I was a little bit younger,00:01:32
sure, what the hell? I needed the money00:01:35
and couldn't afford to be picky. All the00:01:38
warehouses and factories in my area hire00:01:41
through temp agencies.00:01:43
Any job you got wasn't guaranteed to be00:01:46
yours tomorrow.00:01:48
They only brought you in when they00:01:50
needed you, which meant that you'd have00:01:52
a steady gig right up until the 3-month00:01:54
hiring deadline was coming up. And then00:01:56
you'd have a week or two where they00:01:58
didn't need you. Then back to it again,00:02:02
rinse and repeat, assuming you didn't00:02:04
get an early start on repeating the00:02:06
cycle with somebody else. But there was00:02:09
always that hope of getting hired on.00:02:12
Maybe if you worked hard enough. Maybe00:02:15
if you showed you were committed and00:02:16
willing to take the [ __ ] gigs nobody00:02:18
else wanted, they'd see you as worth00:02:21
their time.00:02:23
Nowadays, I know better.00:02:26
Temp agencies, factories, and warehouses00:02:29
are all full of [ __ ]00:02:32
Sure, maybe there's some legitimately00:02:34
good ones out there, but I'm willing to00:02:37
bet those are rare.00:02:39
Many of them in my town are happy to00:02:41
keep as many people on the temp worker00:02:43
treadmill as possible.00:02:45
But now I'm starting to ramble.00:02:48
My original point was I don't care about00:02:50
impressing these jackasses anymore. I00:02:53
just care about my paychecks.00:02:56
It's why I only ever work days now. When00:02:59
I get a call from a temp agency about a00:03:01
night shift or my current placement00:03:03
tries to put me on one, my answer is00:03:06
always no.00:03:08
If they ask me why, I'll always lie00:03:11
about it. Saying I've got to watch my00:03:13
kids usually is a good enough answer. I00:03:16
don't have any kids, but they don't know00:03:18
that. The way I see it, little white00:03:22
lies like that are a hell of a lot00:03:24
better than explaining to them the main00:03:25
reason why I'll never work another night00:03:27
shift in my life.00:03:29
See, it's more than just the fact that00:03:32
the hours are [ __ ] and that it'll slowly00:03:35
kill you.00:03:36
It's a lot more than that.00:03:39
I don't go out at night, period.00:03:42
I haven't done so in about five or six00:03:44
years.00:03:46
Ever since that night at Jefferson's.00:03:49
That was the last night shift I ever00:03:52
worked.00:03:54
It was February, which in my part of the00:03:57
world is usually a [ __ ] show.00:04:00
From November to around mid January,00:04:03
winter is always fairly mild where I00:04:05
live. But come February, all [ __ ]00:04:09
bets are off.00:04:11
That's when the blizzards hit, and they00:04:14
always hit hard.00:04:16
I've had to physically dig my car out of00:04:18
the goddamn snow to get to work before00:04:21
and trudge through snow drifts almost00:04:23
kneede just to walk through whatever00:04:24
parking lot of whatever warehouse I was00:04:26
stuck at for the day. It's not fun.00:04:30
Anyways, it was February and the news00:04:34
was calling for a [ __ ] of a snowstorm00:04:36
that night. Freezing rain, sleep, the00:04:40
whole nine miserable yards.00:04:44
It sounded bad. And when I got the call00:04:47
about a late night shift available at00:04:48
Jefferson's, I was understandably not00:04:52
too thrilled by the idea of going out in00:04:54
what was shaping up to be the worst00:04:55
storm of the year.00:04:58
That said, I still had bills to pay. I00:05:01
needed the work. So, like it or not, I00:05:06
said I'd be happy to take the midnight00:05:08
shift at Jefferson's.00:05:10
To be fair to the place, Jefferson's00:05:13
really wasn't all that bad. It was a00:05:16
little more laid-back than some of the00:05:17
warehouses I'd worked in before, and I00:05:20
had some friends there. My buddy Ace was00:05:22
working there at the time. Ace was a00:05:25
good guy. Hell, Ace was probably one of00:05:28
the nicest guys I knew. I'd known him00:05:32
ever since I was a kid. And though he00:05:34
wasn't that much older than me, I guess00:05:36
I still kind of looked up to him a bit,00:05:39
like an older brother or something.00:05:42
Back after my dad passed, he'd been the00:05:44
one who was there for me. He was the00:05:47
kind of guy who couldn't stand to see a00:05:48
person hurting, and when he saw someone00:05:51
having a rough time, he'd do everything00:05:53
in his power to make it better.00:05:56
I always admired that about him.00:05:59
He'd encouraged me to hang out with him00:06:01
and his brothers. He'd think of [ __ ] we00:06:03
could do together on weekends.00:06:05
He'd even invited me out on fishing00:06:07
trips with him and his brothers along00:06:09
with a couple of other kids who he00:06:11
thought just needed a fishing trip. Ace00:06:14
was of the mind that a fishing trip00:06:15
solves most problems. Just you, the00:06:19
water, and a cold beer. I really00:06:22
couldn't argue with his logic.00:06:25
I didn't know if he'd be on the midnight00:06:27
shift, too. But I'll be honest, I was00:06:29
kind of hoping he would be. I would have00:06:32
liked to see a friendly face.00:06:34
I managed to get about 5 or 6 hours00:06:36
sleep before getting up to drive myself00:06:38
over to Jefferson's.00:06:40
I left the house around 10:00 to get00:06:42
there for 11.00:06:44
The drive shouldn't have taken an hour00:06:46
normally, but the snow was already00:06:48
getting bad.00:06:50
Despite the [ __ ] weather, I really00:06:52
didn't want to be late.00:06:55
I recall the drive-in not being as rough00:06:57
as I'd expected it to be. I still took00:07:00
my time and got there early enough to00:07:02
stop at the McDicks drive-thru for a00:07:04
quick bite. I clocked in about 1000:07:07
minutes before my shift was set to00:07:08
start. There were a few other guys there00:07:11
already, around 10ish, give or take,00:07:14
hanging out by the lockers and putting00:07:16
on their yellow vests.00:07:18
Some of them were familiar faces. I'd00:07:21
worked with them before, although they00:07:23
weren't exactly friends.00:07:26
I traded a nod with Matt, a guy I'd00:07:28
worked with a few times before.00:07:31
He was a little older and scrawny, but00:07:33
he was a good worker. Despite the gray00:07:36
hairs, he had more stamina than you'd00:07:39
expect from a guy his age. He was00:07:41
talking to a guy around his age named00:07:43
Nathan, who I didn't really know. and I00:07:46
watched as the two of them left the00:07:47
locker area together.00:07:50
Around the same time they did, I spotted00:07:53
another familiar face coming in through00:07:54
the door. The one man I'd been hoping to00:07:58
see.00:07:59
Ace's eyes just lit right up when he saw00:08:02
me. He broke into a massive grin as he00:08:05
came over to clap me on the shoulder. He00:08:07
hit me hard enough to make my bones00:08:09
rattle, although I knew he didn't mean00:08:12
anything by it.00:08:13
The one bad thing I could say about Ace00:08:16
is that sometimes he didn't know his own00:08:19
strength.00:08:20
Mitch, long time no see, man. How you00:08:23
been? Yeah, can't complain, man. They00:08:26
roped you into this, too, huh? Ace00:08:29
shrugged. Got to pay the bills somehow.00:08:32
You know, he headed off to one of the00:08:34
lockers and left his phone and wallet00:08:37
inside.00:08:38
Then he grabbed a safety vest and headed00:08:40
out onto the floor. I followed behind00:08:43
him, shooting the [ __ ] as we walked.00:08:47
Most of the other guys were already00:08:49
assembled, waiting for the supervisor to00:08:51
give us our marching orders.00:08:54
I recognized the supervisor on duty that00:08:56
night. A guy by the name of Rob Alden.00:09:00
Maybe it's just me, but it feels like00:09:03
every supervisor at every warehouse is00:09:05
named Rob. And they're almost all the00:09:08
exact same scrawny little [ __ ] with a00:09:10
pocket protector on a power trip. The00:09:13
kind of guy who makes craft beer in his00:09:15
basement and will bring it to every00:09:17
social event. Almost as if he knows it00:09:20
tastes like carbonated piss and takes a00:09:23
sadistic delight in watching you drink00:09:24
it just to be nice. Anyways, Rob Alden00:09:29
was that kind of Rob. The only thing00:09:32
that set him apart was the fact that he00:09:34
always seemed to have a cough.00:09:37
The guy couldn't get through a [ __ ]00:09:38
sentence without coughing or clearing00:09:40
his throat in the most annoying way00:09:42
possible.00:09:46
It sounded like a fake cough.00:09:48
It's probably a shallow reason not to00:09:51
like a guy, but it got on my goddamn00:09:53
nerves.00:09:55
He was shooting the [ __ ] with some of00:09:56
the guys when Ace and I joined the00:09:58
group. And once he noticed everyone was00:10:01
accounted for, he started assigning00:10:03
everyone off.00:10:05
All righty. Well, we got ourselves a00:10:08
busy night here, guys. So, let's get to00:10:10
it. Uh, you guys, he gestured to a small00:10:14
group of about four guys clustered00:10:16
together.00:10:18
I'll get you on packing and wrapping the00:10:20
skids.00:10:22
[cough and clears throat]00:10:23
And you guys, he gestured to myself,00:10:26
Ace, Nathan, and Matt along with one00:10:29
other guy. We got some trucks we need00:10:32
unloaded. Allan, you got the forklift.00:10:36
The leftover guy, whose name was00:10:38
apparently Allan, just nodded and went00:10:41
to get started.00:10:42
Rob went with the packing team to00:10:44
micromanage them, while me, Ace, and the00:10:48
rest of the offloading team headed down00:10:50
to the loading bay to do our thing.00:10:53
Warehouse work is boring as [ __ ] And00:10:56
once we got into work, I can't say it00:10:59
was particularly interesting.00:11:01
I suppose unloading a truck makes the00:11:03
day go fast at least. I imagine we00:11:06
worked about 3 hours or so getting00:11:08
through the first truck. Most of what00:11:10
was inside looked like soap or mouthwash00:11:13
or something. I didn't take too close of00:11:16
a look at it.00:11:18
We were near the end of the truck when00:11:19
Ace sat down on a pile of skids for a00:11:21
moment to rest.00:11:23
I remember he said, "Shit, man. You hear00:11:27
that wind?"00:11:29
I heard it. The metallic thutting sounds00:11:32
of the howling winds from the snowstorm00:11:35
crashing against the building.00:11:37
It was louder inside the truck, but00:11:40
inside the warehouse, you could hear it00:11:42
echoing off the walls whenever it wasn't00:11:45
drowned out by the sound of Allen's00:11:47
forklift.00:11:49
[ __ ] crazy, man. Ace murmured.00:11:53
Wonder how bad it is out there now, Matt00:11:56
said, was stepping out of the truck.00:11:58
think we'd catch hell if we took a look?00:12:01
Ace just shrugged?00:12:03
What the [ __ ] are they going to do?00:12:06
He got up and looked over to make sure00:12:08
that Rob wasn't watching us before00:12:10
heading over to one of the vacant00:12:12
loading doors and hitting the switch to00:12:14
open it.00:12:16
The door slowly rolled upwards,00:12:19
revealing a swirling mass of white00:12:21
outside.00:12:23
We should have been able to see the00:12:24
street lights from the road from there00:12:26
or even some of the nearby factories.00:12:29
But through all that snow, we could00:12:32
barely even see the truck we were00:12:33
unloading.00:12:35
We stared into the storm and Ace let out00:12:38
a whistle of awe.00:12:41
[ __ ] me, he said. Well, I guess we're00:12:45
sleeping here. Anyone bring a blanket?00:12:49
I laughed. Although part of me wondered00:12:53
if it would still be this bad at the end00:12:54
of my shift.00:12:56
Even if it wasn't, my car was probably00:12:59
going to be [ __ ] buried.00:13:01
That's insane, I heard Nathan say before00:13:04
he trailed off.00:13:06
Ace went to close the door, only to stop00:13:09
when Nathan spoke up again.00:13:12
Wait, is that a person out there?00:13:17
Someone out there in this?00:13:20
Ace's brow furrowed.00:13:23
He stared out into the storm, only for00:13:26
his eyes to widen a bit when he saw what00:13:28
Nathan saw. Holy [ __ ] there is.00:13:33
It took me a moment to see it, too. But00:13:36
once I knew where to look, it was hard00:13:39
to miss him.00:13:41
It was faint, but I could see the shape00:13:43
of a man walking through our parking00:13:45
lot.00:13:47
The hell is he doing out there? Matt00:13:50
asked. He's got to be freezing. He's not00:13:53
one of us, I don't think, I said. Maybe00:13:56
a vagrant or something.00:13:59
I could see Ace grimace slightly. I00:14:02
figure he had to be thinking the same00:14:04
thing.00:14:05
Who else would be wandering around a00:14:07
snowstorm at night in this part of town?00:14:10
I suppose what Ace did next was the only00:14:14
thing Ace possibly could have done given00:14:16
his nature.00:14:18
Honestly,00:14:20
it's probably what any decent person00:14:22
would have done. I don't know.00:14:25
I suppose on paper, it might have been00:14:28
easy to say that we should have just00:14:30
closed the door and left the guy in the00:14:32
snowstorm alone,00:14:34
but that wasn't in Ace's nature.00:14:37
He couldn't just leave well enough00:14:38
alone.00:14:40
He had to help out. "Hey," he called,00:14:44
cupping his hands to his mouth. "Hey,00:14:47
come over here. Come on. Over here."00:14:51
None of us questioned what he was doing.00:14:53
Of course, I knew Ace just wanted to try00:14:56
and help. Maybe Matt and Nathan did,00:14:59
too. And once Ace started calling out to00:15:02
the stranger in the snow, they did as00:15:05
well.00:15:06
Hey, come on over here.00:15:10
The man in the snow stopped and looked00:15:13
over towards us.00:15:15
I doubt he could clearly see us through00:15:17
the snow, but I know he heard our00:15:20
voices.00:15:21
Come on, over here.00:15:24
Slowly, the figure began to approach the00:15:27
door, shuffling towards us at a slow00:15:30
pace.00:15:32
From the corner of my eye, I noticed Rob00:15:35
coming up to investigate what was going00:15:36
on.00:15:38
There's a guy out there, I said before00:15:40
he could even ask. Someone's out in the00:15:43
storm.00:15:45
Rob just pushed past me to see for00:15:47
himself. Then he looked over at me.00:15:51
Can you grab some coffee from the00:15:52
breakroom? Something hot, he said. That00:15:56
guy's got to be freezing his ass off.00:15:59
I really didn't need to be told twice. I00:16:02
took one last look at the stranger00:16:04
outside before turning and jogging down00:16:06
towards the break room.00:16:09
I used one of those instant coffee cups00:16:11
they keep in stock just to get the guy00:16:13
something.00:16:15
As the machine was running, I stepped00:16:17
out and looked back toward the loading00:16:19
dock to check on how things were going.00:16:23
I'd expected to see Ace and the others00:16:25
helping a guy inside.00:16:28
Instead,00:16:29
I saw Matt and Nathan scrambling00:16:31
frantically away from the door while Rob00:16:33
and Ace tried to close it. "Jesus00:16:36
[ __ ] Christ," I heard someone yell,00:16:40
and it was only a moment before I saw00:16:42
what they'd already seen.00:16:45
As the door began to close, something00:16:47
crawled under it. I was too far away to00:16:51
get a good look at it. All I can say is00:16:54
that it was shaped like a man, but it00:16:57
didn't move like any man I've ever seen.00:17:01
As soon as that thing got inside, I00:17:04
watched it crawl along the floor like an00:17:06
animal, moving with almost blinding00:17:09
speed.00:17:11
It glanced over at Matt and Nathan first00:17:13
before Rob threw a box at it, trying to00:17:16
hurt it. Ace tried to grab it from the00:17:19
side. Although whatever that thing was,00:17:23
it shrugged him off as if he wasn't even00:17:25
there.00:17:27
One minute he was trying to restrain it.00:17:30
The next he was on the ground and I00:17:31
could hear his screams.00:17:34
I watched as Rob tried to pull that00:17:36
thing off of him. I could see some of00:17:39
the guys from the packing team running00:17:40
to help.00:17:42
I'm ashamed to admit that I just [ __ ]00:17:45
stood there.00:17:47
watching in horror as whatever the hell00:17:49
that thing was ripped into ace. When Rob00:17:53
tried hitting it to make him stop, it00:17:55
just grabbed him and smashed him against00:17:57
the wall so violently it left a smear of00:17:59
blood behind.00:18:01
I could I could hear the crunch of his00:18:05
bones from all the way over by the00:18:07
breakroom.00:18:10
I watched as the packing team recoiled00:18:12
at the sight of whatever it was and00:18:14
hightailed it in the other direction.00:18:18
The00:18:19
man who'd come in from the snow bolted00:18:23
after them on all fours, letting loose00:18:26
an inhuman shriek that echoed off the00:18:28
walls of the warehouse and made my00:18:31
entire body shake.00:18:33
I just dove back into the breakroom,00:18:36
locked the door, and crouched behind it,00:18:40
praying to God that that [ __ ] thing00:18:42
wouldn't find me.00:18:44
No prayers I could have uttered would00:18:46
have drowned out the screams, though.00:18:49
No,00:18:51
I don't think anything could have00:18:53
possibly drowned those out.00:18:55
I could hear the sound of the forklift00:18:57
going somewhere in the warehouse,00:18:59
followed by a sudden crash.00:19:02
I could hear the terrified cries of men00:19:04
in their final moments.00:19:08
It sounded like it lasted hours,00:19:11
but in all honesty,00:19:14
couldn't have lasted more than a few00:19:15
minutes.00:19:17
After the crash of the forklift,00:19:20
I could hear distant screams.00:19:23
I could hear the sound of bodies being00:19:25
thrown around.00:19:27
And then00:19:30
nothing,00:19:32
just a pregnant silence that settled in.00:19:36
I stayed where I was, back pressed00:19:39
against the door to the break room, as00:19:42
if I could block whatever was out there00:19:44
from coming in.00:19:46
After seeing how easily it had picked up00:19:48
and killed Rob,00:19:51
I knew there wasn't a chance I could00:19:52
have kept it out.00:19:55
I was just hoping that it wouldn't find00:19:56
me or sniff me out somehow.00:20:00
I could hear footsteps echoing through00:20:02
the warehouse.00:20:03
I could hear inhuman chirps and sounds00:20:08
as whatever had killed everyone else00:20:10
patrolled the area.00:20:13
Eventually, the lights went out.00:20:16
They were activated by motion.00:20:19
So, if a part of the warehouse was00:20:20
empty, there was no need to keep them00:20:23
on.00:20:24
Once they were out, that's when I00:20:27
decided to steal a peek out the window00:20:29
just to see if maybe that thing had00:20:30
left.00:20:32
I could see lights on at the far end of00:20:34
the warehouse,00:20:36
nowhere near the loading bay.00:20:39
It was still there.00:20:41
I saw it rifling through a skid, tearing00:20:44
open the boxes to investigate what was00:20:46
inside.00:20:49
Even from a distance,00:20:51
I could see the blood on its hands. I00:20:54
could see the forklift partially buried00:20:56
under some collapsed boxes with what was00:21:00
left of Allen still in the driver's00:21:03
seat.00:21:05
I could see a trail of blood leading00:21:07
into a row of packed skids.00:21:10
And I knew I did not want to see what00:21:13
was at the end of it.00:21:16
Everyone was dead.00:21:19
Everyone but me.00:21:22
I ducked back under the door, curling00:21:25
into the fetal position like a little00:21:26
kid.00:21:28
The lights outside came on again, and I00:21:31
tensed up, covering my mouth so I00:21:34
wouldn't scream or make a sound.00:21:37
I could hear the shuffling footsteps of00:21:39
the man from the snowstorm nearby,00:21:42
although I couldn't tell exactly how00:21:44
close.00:21:46
I listened as they grew louder and00:21:49
louder00:21:51
and then00:21:52
fainter.00:21:54
He was going away.00:21:57
I kept still. I kept my mouth shut.00:22:02
The shuffling footsteps kept getting00:22:04
further away till they became a whisper.00:22:07
Drowned out by the howling of the wind.00:22:11
I'd never been more scared in my entire00:22:13
life.00:22:16
When the lights went out again, I00:22:18
crawled along the floor towards the00:22:20
bathroom and closed the door as quietly00:22:23
as I could.00:22:25
I locked it and left the lights off.00:22:29
I didn't move until morning.00:22:32
The next shift found me in there, and I00:22:35
damn near punched out the guy who tried00:22:37
to open the door.00:22:39
It took a couple of guys to keep me from00:22:41
thrashing and screaming before I calmed00:22:44
down and realized I was safe.00:22:47
Everything that happened next is a blur.00:22:52
The police interviews, the suspect00:22:54
lineup,00:22:55
it's all hazy in my memory.00:22:58
It all blurs together like a dream.00:23:02
Ace, Rob, Nathan, Matt, Allan,00:23:08
all the other guys.00:23:10
They were all dead.00:23:13
Every single last one of them.00:23:18
Something had come in and just00:23:20
killed them.00:23:23
I saw some of the bodies on the way out.00:23:26
Most of them had been covered up, but00:23:29
I'm pretty sure they hadn't gotten to00:23:30
Nathan yet. At least,00:23:34
I think it used to be Nathan.00:23:38
There wasn't a lot left for me to get a00:23:39
positive ID on the body.00:23:42
Whoever it was,00:23:45
it's been in my nightmares ever since.00:23:49
I spent a few months off work after the00:23:52
incident at Jefferson's.00:23:54
I talked to a therapist,00:23:57
spent some time at the bottom of a00:23:59
bottle and eventually started to get my00:24:01
[ __ ] together again.00:24:03
I tried looking for work outside the00:24:05
temp agencies, but I couldn't find00:24:08
anything that suited me.00:24:11
I don't exactly have the credentials to00:24:12
work most other places, and I don't have00:24:15
the time or money to get those00:24:17
credentials.00:24:19
So, back to the temp agencies I went. It00:24:23
is what it is. I live with it.00:24:28
Ace probably would have found a silver00:24:30
lining to all this.00:24:32
That's just how he was.00:24:35
But unfortunately,00:24:37
I'm not Ace.00:24:39
God knows I miss him every day, though.00:24:44
Sometimes I wonder if I made the wrong00:24:47
call.00:24:49
Hiding like a chicken [ __ ] when that00:24:50
thing turned violent.00:24:53
Maybe if I'd rushed in and tried to help00:24:55
Rob pull it off of him, someone other00:24:58
than me would still be alive.00:25:01
Or00:25:03
or maybe it would have killed me just as00:25:05
easily as it killed everyone else.00:25:08
Maybe Ace would have preferred I00:25:10
survive.00:25:12
I don't know. I can't speak for the00:25:14
dead.00:25:17
In the end,00:25:19
I don't really think it matters whether00:25:20
or not I survived.00:25:23
They never identified the man00:25:24
responsible for what happened that00:25:26
night,00:25:27
assuming, of course, that it even was a00:25:31
man.00:25:33
I don't know if a human could even be00:25:34
capable of doing that to other people.00:25:37
What do I know?00:25:40
All the questions from the police, all00:25:42
the digging they did, didn't turn up a00:25:45
damn thing, though.00:25:48
The stranger from the snowstorm vanished00:25:50
into the night.00:25:52
And as far as I can tell, he never came00:25:54
back.00:25:56
Even if I wanted revenge or closure,00:26:00
I wouldn't even know where to start.00:26:03
I just don't take night shifts anymore.00:26:06
And I don't go out after dark.00:26:09
It's probably unlikely that I'll ever00:26:12
come across that man again.00:26:14
But if I somehow do,00:26:18
well,00:26:19
I'd rather not push my luck.00:26:26
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