RIP Undead

Dream 5 : Perspective

When the professor emerged from his meeting with Izuh, the Roger clones regarded him with an amusing mixture of less regimen but more confusion. Since then, on his shopping trips here with Jagruthi, there began familiar looks and mild favouritism from the businesses, which Jagruthi proudly attributed to her husband's deepening connection with the less fortunate. Soon after, "Bhaskar H" invited Murthy again, but was himself absent on the day. Juhi served tea, and requested an autograph on the book -- Izuh had forgotten at their meeting, she explained. She also invited a third visit, on which Murthy only met some minions, who served him inferior tea and a letter.

Now, on a night far removed from that day, and farther from their accidental first encounter, Professor Murthy agreed with Izuh on one thing : kurtas felt far better than shirts in this weather. He chuckled at how the media had stopped speculating right around the time when he had actually sat down with Izuh -- as usual, they lacked the journalism to match their fictional flair. Occasionally, Izuh's chiselled face rose in his memory, and a deep concern gnawed at his professorial heart.

Above all these thoughts, though, Murthy nursed a strange tussle of resolve and nerves -- the next union meet was scheduled on the morrow. In the dim glow of outdated streetlights, the stage looked exactly as it had looked back then -- smaller than what Murthy would have considered ideal -- and so Murthy paced, turning on his heel at each end, more often than he would have considered ideal.