The streets were completelyy deserted.[fullstop] It was like one of those post-apocalyptic fiction movies Jack had seen as a little boy [which looked like what? like one perhaps I've seen? like science fiction? like Brave New World? ].
[p]exceptBut this wasall absoutlelyreal, and for all he knew he could be within seconds of death. He ran through the streets,therethrough littereverywhere, [past grafitti, and the city had a smell about it, the smell of...death [Er, which smells rather like...? ] .
"There is adventure in simply being among those we love, and among the things we love -- and beauty, too."-Lloyd Alexander
He ran through the street's
grafitti all over the wall's
in mind those creatures out there may look human