What a shocker of a last line! A countdown to what?

=gasp= wow. What a last line… countdown to what?

“In you come?” You British are just so… weird.
I think you meant “He saw the protest” up there. Other than that, cool setup. Very mysterious.

Ah, good spot sir! That takes me to ficlet nirvana as well. Also yes I guess that is quite a weird way to phrase it, not my fault! I’ve been conditioned to find it normal.

It sounded all right to me, but I read a lot of stuff written by Brits so… [shrug]

Whoa, this is really really good. The first time I read the last line I thought it meant a countdown to his death, but after looking at the comments I’m thinking something bigger. Hmmm.