. INBOX MEME .       ( terrible choices sentence starters )

                             _{Astonishing how Sarah could invoke the essence of his former self. Silly, perhaps, of her to forget he was dead already. Stuck in a never-ending cycle, in a poor man’s purgatory. Full of painful memories he had to revisit at every moment he spent in the realm of the living, surrounded by the remnants of a long-gone happiness. Yet she still worried about him. About his actions, at the very least.} 

                            _{She shouldn’t have been around when he attempted to run off those men— and Eric scolded himself for not paying attention. Dead men didn’t worry about getting hurt, but collateral damage remained a possibility when the living intervened. Or when the dead cared for them. A contradiction, a conflict. How could he explain to the girl he couldn’t worry about consequences any longer?
                                                                  Remind her he was of a posthumous state?} 

                             _{No. The black-clad man — what remained of Eric Draven in him — knew better than.} 

                             _{That little voice inside his head no longer took priority.} 

                             _{That little voice inside his head now told him to kill evil men.}

                 _{“Sarah—” an echo of his past life spoke for him, tactful and caring. “— as long as you’re around, I promise that I will.” carefully measured words were spoken. A small promise he intended to keep. “But you must promise me, no matter what happens—” she was much too young for this “…you will keep safe.” even if it meant not seeing him again. Eric knew there would come a time again when he would have to leave for good.}