Well? croaked Viken.
The doctor sat down. Its finished, he said.
They waited for a moment, awkwardly.
Odd, said the doctor. He groped after a cigarette he didnt have. Silently, Viken offered him one. Odd. Ive seen these cases before. People who simply resign from life. This is the first one I ever saw that went out smilingsmiling all the time.