“Hey, you! Yeah, you! Nice to see a fellow Nihilist, among all these screaming idiots.”
“Huh?…Oh, um…What makes you say that?”
“All things considering, how calm you are. But I can also see a hint of resignation in your eyes…
the kind of resignation I’m familiar with.”
“Sorry, but no, you’re wrong. I’m not a Nihilist.”
“Hmph. Really. Just shocked stupid then, I guess?”
“Praying, actually. You kinda interrupted me.”
“Praying? That’s strange, did you know your eyes were wide open?”
“I’m pretty sure God can still hear me with my eyes wide open.”
“Ah, yes, of course. Of course He can. I mean, if you’re so pretty sure about it-“
“I am. You were right about the resignation part, though.”
“Yeah? Thought you Christians were optimists and all that?”
“I’m a Christian, not an optimist. Actually, I bet you and I have a similar outlook. To you, life begins death, right? To me, death begins life. Either way, our time’s pretty worthless.”
“Ha-hah, you’re right, absolutely right! But hey, now, that’s my line!”
“No time to let you say it. Looks like our plane’s about to hit the water.”
“And to think, I was just getting interested. First Christian Nihilist I’ve seen in a while, and I don’t even get two minutes to pick his brain. Figures. Life’s a bitch, ain’t it?”
“C’est la vie. Anyone else might wonder you really were a Nihilist, if they heard you say that.”
“They’re too busy screaming. But why would…oh, ha-hah! Shit, pal, you got me th-“
Morning's Early Dark 