Liman, already much calmer than he had been at the doctor's office.

knocked on the door of the stranger's apartment. Tired of waiting for an answer, he pulled a bunch of lock picks

of lock picks from his pocket, preparing to open the door.

Taking a closer look at the lock and selecting one of the lock picks, he set to work.

into action. Not a minute later, the break-in would have been accomplished if the owner had not

started unlocking the apartment from the inside.

With a sigh, Leeman quickly put his tools away. It's good

to remember the past once in a while and not let your skills rust.

- Bro, I hope you didn't start breaking down my door?

Opening the door, a man in his early twenties showed up. Dirty blond

hair covered in soot, brown eyes with bags underneath that were an order of magnitude

an order of magnitude smaller than Leeman's.

What stood out from the general appearance of the city were his clothes. The same

the same T-shirt and jeans Leeman wore, maybe even woven on the same loom.

on the same loom. Only they were embroidered with landscapes of the city that Leeman himself had never

seen

- Wait another five seconds and you'd know, Danis. - He answered

as Liman entered the apartment.

Walking through the door, Liman went to the kitchen. His eyes

scrutinized the kitchen window, recalling the incident of a week ago.

Danis's kitchen, as always, was furnished with various

plants, herbs, but there were no flowering plants among them because of Danis's allergy to

to them.

- I didn't think you'd still be interested in Alice's death.

We've talked about it a hundred times. By bad luck she fell out of the window. - Said Danis,

finishing his steaming tea in the kitchen. - She flew down with her debts.

Alice's death had been traumatic for Danis, especially her

debt to him of several thousand, the repayment of which he could only

dream of repaying.

- A failed seamstress?

- It happens, relaxed and bang. - With a wave of his hands,

Danis said. - It's tragic that I'm now under police surveillance for her death.

- Something on her face before she fell doesn't give me peace. - He wouldn't stop

Liman continued

Of the two of them, Leeman stood closer to her and saw what Danis didn't.

saw what Danis didn't. The fear frozen on her face. He could clearly see her neck

was clenched by something, pressed thinly together.

- And what did you see there on her face?

- Her face was first colored with horror, and then she fell.

After taking one last look at the window, Leeman stepped away from it and pulled out

the pills he'd gotten from the doctor. Danis smiled with a full mouth when he saw the pills.

Putting the bills on the table, he took one packet from Liman.

- I'll finally get a good night's sleep." Danis said with

with anticipation, taking the white pills out of the packet.

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-You're not the only one, give me your prescription, too-" Liman answered him.

Liman, putting the bills in the secret pocket of his T-shirt, which dumbfounded Danis.

- Yeah! Your orphanage attitude never ceases to amaze me.

-Don't be surprised in this life, it's good for your nerves. -

Liman said, showing Danis the extra bill.

- When you! - Clapping his pockets, Danis was indignant.

- This is the delivery fee.

Liman put the extracted bill with the others in his pocket and closed the

and closed it with a zipper.

- I'd have no business with you if it weren't for these sleeping pills.

Danis took the pills and used a spoon to crush them into a powder.

into a powder.

- Why don't you go to the help center yourself? - Liman asked

to Danis.

- I used to go there a lot before, but one day I looked at their eyes.

their eyes.

To the resulting powder Danis added some herbs.

- They don't look at you as a person. As an object,

a thing. I told them my life, my fears and the memories that keep me awake.

to sleep. And I didn't see any sympathy in those eyes.

- You're like a child, do you need sympathy? For

I can give you a pat on the back myself. - Smirked at him

Liman.

- It's not me, it's them. - Stirring the herbs with the powder,

Danis sprinkled the mixture evenly into glasses and poured warm water.

At some point, Liman and Danis had run out of the dosage

of prescription medication. Taking more pills would give them

a not-so-desirable eternal sleep.

The herbs Danis grew had a soporific effect that was not as

as the prescription pills. If you mix the herbs and the pills,

the mixture would fit Danis and Lehman's needs perfectly.

- That's how my father looked at me. - Danis continued to speculate. - He was a psychopath.

Liman faked a serious face as he sipped his brew. He doesn't

to sympathize with him, they only had a business relationship.

- I know those eyes. To them, you're just

a momentary interest. A body that might give off the desired reaction. - Damir's hands trembled violently as he held the cup, in one motion he drank the liquid, it did not in the least

calmed him down. - If you are a needy man to be touched by their hands, it is only for

themselves! He doesn't hide in front of you either, letting you see what drives him.

Danis threw the cup away, it crashed into the flower pot,

shattering with it. Liman's face changed, Danis was going too far in his reflection.

in his reflection.

- Why the fuck doesn't anyone in this world help those who are

who are crying out for help! Why does he torture me with chains and they call me the beast and not him-

me and not him- Danis shouted in the face of his illusory interlocutor, spewing out

his emotions.

A palm strike to the face sounded in the kitchen.

- I don't know about me, but you definitely need to go to

a help center. - Liman sobered him up with a slap.

The slap had the effect of calming Danis down.

- Still, why so eager to see him again? - Danis

his head down with his hands, staring at the table.

After a couple minutes of silence, Danis raised his head, looking at

Liman, who was staring dejectedly at the kitchen window.

- It's not for you to say who needs treatment.

- Yeah? Why's that? - Turned his bored look on him.

Liman.

Danis was the best eye-reader in the world, and looking into Liman's green.

Liman's scarred green eyes, he could only exhale.

- Forget it, it's time for our meeting to wrap up... - Trying to stand up,

Danis immediately fell down.

Liman jumped up to him in surprise. Danis' limp body

made it easy to roll himself over.

- Get up, come on!

Leeman trudged and slapped his face, but there was no response

but there was no response.

- Did he mix the wrong herbs? - Reasoned Leeman, continuing to

shaking the body.

Liman had never found himself in this situation before. The only thing

was to drag Danis to the bathroom.

As Liman dragged the rather weighty body, his eyes

blurred.

(Stay awake, stay awake!)

Yesterday Liman had dreamed of plunging into the realm of dreams, today he was struggling

to stay awake, biting his tongue.

Danis in his hands was getting heavier and heavier, before it became

became completely unsupportable, Liman still dragged him to the bathroom and threw him into the

the bathroom. With absent-minded movements of his hands, Leeman turned on the water. The black liquid began

filling the rusty tub.

Liman, frightened, wanted to move away from it, but he couldn't.

but he couldn't.

The two men lay in the tub, unconscious, the black water

slowly engulfed them. In a minute they had completely disappeared beneath it.