Life After Life

I was never very good with sports but I liked to watch them. There were several good players and one of them in particular stood out to me. He was very tall, thin as can be, but looked incredibly strong. He jumped higher than anyone else, and no one seemed to be able to block him. He ran around the court like he owned it and it was apparent from several of the people around that he had a fan base.

"Dustin! Dustin! Dustin!" the crowd screamed, and he made another shot. I walked forward and got a better view. He was incredible, sweat glistened off of him giving him the look of some kind of otherworldly being.

I found myself...