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Alone among the ruins

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The city of skyscrapers rose before the eyes. It looked both majestic and depressing. But the main thing that caused discouragement is a clear sense of life absence. Most recently shining by various colored lights buildings now gaped with empty holes with shards of glass, stone and metal. A single traveler sadly paved his way, skirting the dilapidated the ruins and stepping over the various garbage that filled the gaps between something called the dwelling of man. The traveler reflected on involuntarily why this happened, why people allowed this, but the answer did not come by itself, and the reason remained far from understanding. But the man's thoughts continued to move in time with his steps, and now they touched on more close and vital way of his own survival, one on one with the remnants of human civilization. Is it worth him to find a shelter here and adjust to circumstances or try to find other survivors?

A man walked and thought about his loneliness. And someone else, some stranger, which carefully and with some curiosity watched him, sitting highly and merging with the stone debris. Who is he, an adversary or an ally? And how will their relationship develop further in this new, disastrously ill world? ..

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My own background story: In the far future, humanity is on the brink of extinction after its ancestors have carelessly used the Earth's materials, negatively impacting the climate. Then, a nuclear war falls out, and a young couple, who has a baby wants him to survive and grow up, even after the inevitable end of humanity. 39 years later, all humans on earth have been wiped out, except one person...