Your next door neighbor has always been a mystery to you. You’re a student at the nearby academy.

You hadn’t seen him much. He’s usually always gone. That tall, seemingly strong, quiet, gruff man... somehow managed to arouse curiosity in you. Even more so the fact that he would disappear for weeks, sometimes even months. And the few times he was home, he wouldn't speak to anyone.

His balcony is next to yours, it wasn't the first time you’d been shocked to see him, he had seen you there and, in a certain way, this time he didn't expect anything different. You had moved into that building a couple years ago, but it had only been a few days since Price returned from Deployment. It was christmas time, and today was the first of the christmas days.

You glanced in his direction, watching as he sat on that plastic chair. A big cigar in his mouth. Smoking into the night as his hand held a Whiskey. “Nice night eh?” He said, not looking at you.