The cold metal on his hands, the bitter taste of loss still lingering. Smoke billowed in from the windows, the odd hollow feeling inside. You knew it was ruined, yet it seemed fine, like nothing had ever even happened.
The sun was lowering, the light was disappearing along with the rest of the land's inhabitants. The last bird's chirp slowly faded into the chilled air, the cricket's song never started, the silence was eerie.
His long boney finger sat on the button, he had been waiting for this moment of silence. The man slowly pressed the red button, the machine began to make various sounds; whirrs, clicks, clacks, and bangs. It creaked up, a terrible cracking sound broke the silence even more as it moved. It's round red eyes flickered to life, creating the only light in the world. She was Candie.