john_amend_all | Drabble (18/22): War

I didn't tamper with the order in which the pairs came out of the generator, so it's just a fortunate coincidence that this one and yesterday's are adjacent.

They'd found the stranger on the moor at sunset, and brought him to Jamie. But he could only confirm what they'd already suspected.

"He's not got long," Jamie said, shaking his head sadly. There was nothing he could do, except perhaps to make the man's last minutes more comfortable.

"Jamie." The stranger's hand shot out and gripped Jamie's. "You're alive."

"You know me?"

"They're all dead," the man muttered feverishly. "I killed them all. Why are you still here?"

Jamie ignored the man's ramblings. "Hush now."

"Jamie..." his patient whispered. "Maybe there's still something to live for."

And he regenerated.