In front of the Other

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The streets were blue he thought, or purple or some dark color. Only under the street lamps was there a orange glow. 

Its not that he wanted the walk to end, he couldn't remember the last time he'd walk this far. He had on himself now just a grey hoodie. His bag he'd gotten rid of in London, right before he bought his new phone. He kept his old phone number though, made sure of that. 

He had a friend who had changed his number, but it made it hard to find him. He didn't like the thought of that, missed connection. 

So now he was walking, that was mostly all he could think about. His mind went blank for most parts, but for others he was very aware of everything. There wasn't any people, but weirdly also no animals, no nothing he thought. 

He used the stop lights as markers, took him almost 100 steps between them. Or more he tried to make it a hundred. Stretching his steps out or speeding them up. He didn't know why he didn't walk everywhere. 

He was sweating now, holding his hoodie, but he just kept going, one foot in front of the other.