Even if you were the last man on earth ...

Dear Max, 
 
 I sit here listening to the steady rhythm of my IV and thinking so sadly of you. Where once there were throngs of screams on the streets, everything has grown silent and I know that we are close to the end. I know you loved me at one point, and I know that beneath the resentment and anger, you love me still. I do not know what to say anymore. I am a flawed man. I know that you understand my mistakes. So many others made them along with me. You know what the news said about the Berlin patient, you know that nobody expected this all to happen, and so quickly and violently. I want you to know how much I love you, and how you made my short life worth living. All the pain in the world, all the death in the universe could never overshadow the light you brought into my life. Thank you for giving me the gift of your beautiful soul. I do n't even know if you are alive. I am so, so sorry, my love. 
 
 -Charlie
