At the end of everything
From this place that was nowhere and anywhere, he watched. He wasn't always a man, but the Last Ones thought he was, so he was. They called themselves Last Ones, because they knew they were the last living beings in the dying universe. And as the last lights of life were extinguished, he turned to his companion.
"I thought you'd vanish now. There's no one left to keep Hope alive."
She flashed him an almost patronising smile.
"You're still here."
"Beg pardon?"
Don't you hope that when it's all done and dusted, you'll be free? That even Death may die?"