In the shadowy depths of the gap between the gates... there is nothing. Not even a single…

"Fair point. Sorry, I haven't been... doing well these past days."

"You're apologizing to me after I called you a bunch of shitty things? Goddamn, now who's the weird one?"

"Maybe you're like a... masochist. Into humiliation and stuff."

"Maybe I am? Never thought of that."

"Ha... live and learn, lawman. Get out there and blossom into a flower! Go figure things out! Meanwhile, I'm getting bored... how about we change the subject?"

"Nah... I'm just a sorry sack of a man, a positively shitty cop."

"Uhh... plain, maybe?"

"That's a bit boring, don't you think?"

"If you say so... I haven't really thought about it?"

"Secretive much? Hiding something?"

"Yes. My identity. Ha ha ha."

"I'm a cop, it sure is my business!"

"Indeed... oh yes. We know who you are, we do! Don't you worry about that."

"Fine, if you won't take this seriously, I'm going to ask about something else."

"Try not to hurt yourself, old man, ha ha." The pair of eyes beams impishly at you.

"Good joke, man." (Do a slow sarcastic clap.)

"Good use of sarcasm there, man." You hear a faint clapping sound, brimming with caricature.

"That's not funny."

"Ha ha. It was funny enough to me."

The spooky pair of blue eyes is peeking in from beyond the gates. The look is very intense, as if trying to burrow into your very soul.

A faint, irregular breathing sound resonates through the gap. Almost inaudible, but still there.

"Goddamn! Who's there?"

The eyes blink rapidly. They seem to be focused on following your every move.

"Huh, what a freak." [Leave.]

The eyes flicker in the darkness beyond the gates.

"Hello?"

"I heard you." A muffled voice suddenly clambers through the thick, solid metal gates.

Holy shit! A disembodied voice! Have cursed void-phantasms come to haunt us for misdeeds done in the past?

Don't be ridiculous. It's just a regular person, probably a worker from the harbour.

Holy fuck! It's coming to get us!

"Hey, I asked you a question."

"Those are some creepy fucking eyes."

"As if you've got better ones, Officer Bloodshot." A muffled voice suddenly clambers through the thick, solid metal gates.

"Hello?"