Prologue
The group of people sat around the fire. It cracked fiercely and cast shadows on everyone. They looked at the old man as he sat there.
“Wait. You knew her? Personally?”
“I knew all of them,” he murmured. “At least, I thought I did. Once. A long time ago.”
“What were they like?” The others leaned in closer to listen.
Some crumpled copy of a smile crossed his face. “They were going to change the world.”
And around them the world burned.