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One Man's Remorse

"What are you trying to say?"

"I'm sorry, sir, there's nothing I can do. Your wife just can't have children."

"You're lying. There's got to be something. We were just unlucky this time. Please."

"I'm sorry Mrs Brantley. Don't look so down though, you can always try adoption."

The two lovers stood outside the waiting room feeling empty. The man squeezed his fists, trying to cheer her up. "Don't worry about its Lilly. We can just try again. Who cares what the doctor says it will happen I promise you?"

Lilly stared blankly walking past whispering. "I'm sorry Ragnar…"

Ragnar stood hissing under his breath now more determined than ever. "No matter what, we will have a child of our own Lily. I promise you that!"

*****

Valhalla stood idly, staring on at the frozen city feeling anxious. "Isn't this all a bit much? What if Alton really is dead? What if doing this makes us no different than him…"