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"The one deserving of nightmares and miseries is not you.β
"The one deserving of nightmares and miseries is not you.β
"That's becauseβ¦ what he did to meβ¦ You will not do.β Not a warning, an awareness.
He speaks to you of his nightmares, and you can only reflect on what you become in the moments where you lose yourself. +
"That's becauseβ¦ what he did to meβ¦ You will not do.β Not a warning, an awareness.
He speaks to you of his nightmares, and you can only reflect on what you become in the moments where you lose yourself. +
You grit your teeth.
Eyes flash from Dan Heng to the house around you. They fall over Jing Yuanβs belongings, over yours, and you again nearly have to catch your breath. +
You grit your teeth.
Eyes flash from Dan Heng to the house around you. They fall over Jing Yuanβs belongings, over yours, and you again nearly have to catch your breath. +
He used you. Took your very mortal naivety and prowess, held it up to the light, and then allowed it to burn.
Even amidst all your grief over πππ, you should've known. +
He used you. Took your very mortal naivety and prowess, held it up to the light, and then allowed it to burn.
Even amidst all your grief over πππ, you should've known. +
"Consider yourself fortunate and continue to walk.β
"Consider yourself fortunate and continue to walk.β
A piece of you clings to it, grasping tightly so that it's not lost. +
A piece of you clings to it, grasping tightly so that it's not lost. +
Or so youβd led yourself to believe.
"We don't.β You lie. +
Or so youβd led yourself to believe.
"We don't.β You lie. +
It must be, for you to hear your own deafening footsteps and your now foreign voice in your ears.
A sound not only purposefully drowned out, but forced out by a thick, often violent fog. +
`β¦ Λ Φ΄ΦΆ πβΉ
The mist was dense. No matter how much Yingxing walked and walkedβ this invisible path seemingly destined him to nowhere.
The most strange part was that, no matter how much his feet stepped onβ how many imaginary miles he had conquered, for the exhaustion could not reach him.Β»
It must be, for you to hear your own deafening footsteps and your now foreign voice in your ears.
A sound not only purposefully drowned out, but forced out by a thick, often violent fog. +
Why do you wish him to remain here? As always you clutch on to those you once loved, even when they're long gone.
Why do you wish him to remain here? As always you clutch on to those you once loved, even when they're long gone.
Your mind seeks to recall exact details, but they're lost in a messy gray area where your own kindness loses itself to an affliction you never wanted. +
Your mind seeks to recall exact details, but they're lost in a messy gray area where your own kindness loses itself to an affliction you never wanted. +
`I can stay if you want me toβ. You had momentarily wondered if youβd heard him incorrectly through your pulsing headache. +
`I can stay if you want me toβ. You had momentarily wondered if youβd heard him incorrectly through your pulsing headache. +
You're only left to wonder one solitary thing, and itβs asked in a voice as hushed as if you were speaking to yourself.
"Why are you not infuriated with me?β +
You're only left to wonder one solitary thing, and itβs asked in a voice as hushed as if you were speaking to yourself.
"Why are you not infuriated with me?β +
You gather yourself, shaking off the eerie feeling, and giving him grace. +
You gather yourself, shaking off the eerie feeling, and giving him grace. +
For the moment you remain paused as you are, palm against forehead. Until those creeping twinges of darkness let you be.
His voice cuts them.
"Iβm fineβ. Voice raspier than intended. "You donβt need to leaveβ. +
For the moment you remain paused as you are, palm against forehead. Until those creeping twinges of darkness let you be.
His voice cuts them.
"Iβm fineβ. Voice raspier than intended. "You donβt need to leaveβ. +
For that is bitterness tied to a person who no longer exists. You of all people should understand the severing of ties to oneβs past self. +
For that is bitterness tied to a person who no longer exists. You of all people should understand the severing of ties to oneβs past self. +