He couldn't fight it anymore. He could hear them, not far behind him. His feet were still moving, but his eyelids dropped lower and lower. He couldn't resist.
"Just a minute," he said. "Just a minute I'll sleep, then I'll be okay."
He let the lids fall shut and felt the fatigue fall away like autumn leaves in the wind.
When he opened his eyes, he didn't recognize his surroundings. He listened, but didn't hear them anywhere, and for the first time in a long while, he just stood in the sun, enjoying being the last man on earth.
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