The snow crunched beneath their feet and it glittered diamonds as the sunlight caught it.
"It must be hard," said Laura, "not being alive."
"You mean it's hard for you to be dead?
Look, I'm still going to figure out how
to bring you back, properly. I think
I'm on the right track-"
"No," she said. "I mean, I'm grateful.
And I hope you really can do it. I did
a lot of bad stuff..." She shook her
head. "But I was talking about you."
"I'm alive," said Shadow. "I'm not
dead. Remember?"
"You're not dead," she said. "But I'm
not sure that you're alive, either. Not
really."
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
"It must be hard," said Laura, "not being alive."
"You mean it's hard for you to be dead?
Look, I'm still going to figure out how
to bring you back, properly. I think
I'm on the right track-"
"No," she said. "I mean, I'm grateful.
And I hope you really can do it. I did
a lot of bad stuff..." She shook her
head. "But I was talking about you."
"I'm alive," said Shadow. "I'm not
dead. Remember?"
"You're not dead," she said. "But I'm
not sure that you're alive, either. Not
really."
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
