[ WP ] You are tasked with conducting the funeral of the human race .

I spread my hands apart in a pleading gesture, `` We tried to do good, did n't we?'' 
 
 He agrees in silence. 
 
 I returned my arms to the negligible warmth of the blanket we huddled under. The darkness was like a blanket itself, tightening around us. Soon it would crush us. 
 
 The air is so thick. 
 
 I mumbled through numbing lips, `` We were great. Humans, I mean. We did so many great things.'' 
 
 Silent agreement. 
 
 I continued, desperate for one last moving speech, one last legacy of our race. 
 
 `` We were great. We learned so much about our world. About space.'' 
 
 A whispered, `` Too much,'' gave me pause, but I battled on relentlessly, despite the darkness clutching at my throat. 
 
 `` We built great civilizations. We cured diseases. We were great.'' 
 
 My companion rasped, `` Too great,'' before breaking off to give a strangled cough. 
 
 The air is so thick. 
 
 I tried to continue. The human race deserved so much more than I could offer, in this last breath of humanity. I can not breath. 
 
 We were so great. 

