X.

Lila walked out of town; destruction behind her. Farther down the road he rose from the shadows surrounding a rusting Volvo by the side of the road. An impossibly tall, thin figure he held out his hand to Lila.

"You did well." He said.

She smiled. But it was a sad smile. "I'm still hungry, Daddy."

"I know," he crooned to her. "Next town, I promise." The little girl in the blue dress danced from the same shadows and dissipated into the wind.