the voice echoed softly, almost accusing."But why do I still feel like two people inside the same body?"102Please respect copyright.PENANAuduH6lr19s
The silence that followed was thick, stretched between timelines. Zhang Huan-An—no, Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unsure who exactly was speaking. Himself? A remnant? Or the ghost of a choice never made?102Please respect copyright.PENANAzTSmhy1HoQ
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips brushing against the cold glass."But they don't belong to me. Not really."102Please respect copyright.PENANAXJgvttCIyC
From within, a reply surfaced—not spoken aloud, but felt like an echo threading through his veins.102Please respect copyright.PENANAtevhltBX2n
"Then whose life did you live during those 281 days?"102Please respect copyright.PENANATeDKqFgxSR
He didn't answer.102Please respect copyright.PENANAs2yPghESpr
His reflection stared back at him—not quite right. The posture was his, the scars too. But the eyes? The eyes held a weight he had never known until that dreamlike season where time broke apart and remade itself.102Please respect copyright.PENANAZj8WjdY5Ms
"Do you remember the rooftop? The rain?"the voice inside pressed."That was my fear. My ending. And now it's become yours."102Please respect copyright.PENANAdN1IEkoUJh
He turned away. The room behind him was dim, dust suspended in unmoving air. Nothing had shifted since he woke—yet everything had changed.102Please respect copyright.PENANAvBpGHewcoM
"They said integration would bring peace," he muttered."But this… this feels like exile. I can't go back. I can't move forward."102Please respect copyright.PENANAhmpdbKzWMK
"Then choose."102Please respect copyright.PENANAG4EZbeiZiZ
The whisper again. No longer from within—but from just behind. He didn't turn. He knew nothing would be there. And yet—102Please respect copyright.PENANAr8JB6zZATN
"Choose who you want to remain."102Please respect copyright.PENANAqSjznqbk8J
He clenched his fists. The names—Zhang Huan-An, Yu Yong-An—lay heavy on his chest like layered truths. Too real to discard. Too overlapping to claim.102Please respect copyright.PENANAZougTfX48B
"What if I don't want to be either?"he asked the air, voice hoarse.102Please respect copyright.PENANA6viLcJvo0Y
"Then become what only you can be—""The memory that survives the collapse."102Please respect copyright.PENANAuGnrCFGA8k
The mirror cracked.102Please respect copyright.PENANAY3lqgkwqdO
Not from pressure, not from sound.102Please respect copyright.PENANAa2NtRSH05o
From time.102Please respect copyright.PENANAmrHuXvpJ4S
And as the fracture split his reflection in two, he realized:102Please respect copyright.PENANAp70eCRyCW0
They had never truly been separate.And now, they could never truly merge.They would simply continue—102Please respect copyright.PENANAwNDzqXqP4s
Layered.102Please respect copyright.PENANAvuTIG2Mnln
Fragmented.102Please respect copyright.PENANA2jEyuDYm1y
Echoing.102Please respect copyright.PENANAYghva11OUF
"Reflections That Do Not Return"102Please respect copyright.PENANALPU2kChTe7
When the mirror shattered, time fractured with it.102Please respect copyright.PENANAaUTzjGOAvb
The cracks radiated outward like webbing, each fissure revealing a version of himself—some younger, others older, some cold and unfeeling, others brimming with unshed tears.102Please respect copyright.PENANAQE04gLin1U
"Are these… all me?"102Please respect copyright.PENANAJJRkwMnTRD
His voice wavered in the still air, unsure whether he was questioning the mirror—or the fractured soul it reflected.102Please respect copyright.PENANA5AKSjWUoTF
A shard broke loose, falling to the floor with a soft chime. Yet the reflection it cast wasn't of the room he stood in—it was of time:Friday's dusk. Tuesday's echo. The moment the cross appeared. The final turn of her silhouette.102Please respect copyright.PENANADScT13ioJL
"You're not choosing an identity,"said a voice—feminine, calm, not quite Yang An-Ting, not quite Li An-Qing, but holding the gentleness of both."You're choosing which version of yourself will survive."102Please respect copyright.PENANAeBGp956zxg
He gazed down at the scattered fragments.Each one led to a future that could never return to the beginning.102Please respect copyright.PENANAp25ekL7dP4
"And if I choose nothing?" he asked, barely audible.102Please respect copyright.PENANAEFWK7L81xt
"Then you'll remain trapped here—in this fracture—until the next cycle calls you back."102Please respect copyright.PENANADWhwsdKHns
Silence again.102Please respect copyright.PENANAmsGP1rYLey
And then, softly, he said:102Please respect copyright.PENANANQKJHQDZJJ
"I don't want to wake again—Not if waking means forgetting her."102Please respect copyright.PENANAoBK1qw3ixv
The mirror flickered.102Please respect copyright.PENANAF1S9IvhpjG
A memory surfaced, replaying on its own:"You won't remember what I said. But you'll remember that it turned dark… and I didn't leave."102Please respect copyright.PENANAKb5nNEp9zY
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.102Please respect copyright.PENANAvWhuBzJHek
It was the eternity hidden within Friday.102Please respect copyright.PENANAJyxMQlKFWv
No more ticking clocks.No more voices.Only the sound of breath—and something deeper, like the echo of his own heartbeat splintering through time.102Please respect copyright.PENANA9fphOgUTWf
A crack ran across the floor, slow but certain, as if time itself was fracturing.One wrong step—and he would fall into a past that no longer wanted him.102Please respect copyright.PENANA3BvrLcx1SN
He knelt, picking up the fallen shard.In its surface, memory stirred—not his, but sharp enough to cut.102Please respect copyright.PENANAIK2cs5nhLI
"He said he'd come back… He promised me."102Please respect copyright.PENANA6iF51wF5Sd
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—young, certain, heartbreakingly full of hope.102Please respect copyright.PENANAhgi8AN0dly
Another fragment reflected Li An-Qing, standing at the edge of an abandoned railway.A timestamp flickered in her eyes:2025.2.19 // 28:01102Please respect copyright.PENANAmOBKrABnoR
She whispered,102Please respect copyright.PENANACMwcujGk7A
"Memory isn't for forgetting. It's for choosing."102Please respect copyright.PENANAdMeCUllGAh
Something inside him pulled—gently at first, then with force.A sorrowful gravity.102Please respect copyright.PENANAD4Si6AYDWe
The kind that lived in her voice,in her silence,in every name lost to time.102Please respect copyright.PENANAeQeZ0eQLyF
"Then how do I choose?" he asked—not to the mirror, but to everything.102Please respect copyright.PENANAUpuJX1xWJv
"Choice," the voice answered from beyond the glass,"isn't an answer. It's a cost."102Please respect copyright.PENANAAMooshuyxp
He opened his eyes.The fracture was pushing him toward a precipice—an end written long ago but never read aloud.102Please respect copyright.PENANAVXpHBrS3cS
"You've remembered too much," the voice murmured,"and forgotten more than you know.So now, only one question remains—Who will you stay for?"102Please respect copyright.PENANA8PAnnMf2Mg
102Please respect copyright.PENANAqAfBRPQ6VM
"You've always remembered,"Yang An-Ting's voice was gentle, but unwavering."You just didn't want to admit it."102Please respect copyright.PENANAWyuTt0Fp32
"And you've never let go,"Li An-Qing's voice followed, soft and clear, like light after rain."Because deep down, you knew—it wasn't yours to end."102Please respect copyright.PENANAhIz25uOHcu
He stood between the mirror and the rift,Behind him, the remnants of the past.Before him, an exit with no name.102Please respect copyright.PENANAAK2K7OHbUt
"If I can't be him, and I can't remain only myself… then what's left?"102Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bk8uvuqKk
"Memory,"they said together.102Please respect copyright.PENANAjXMZTvJ6ye
Not a name.Not an identity.But something heavier—something that could pierce through time itself.102Please respect copyright.PENANARBAZNJg0Ik
If names could be forgotten, then let them fade.If identities could collapse, then stop defining them.102Please respect copyright.PENANA8H9WjZ5gvS
"You don't need a name,"Yang An-Ting whispered."You've already remembered us.""You just need to keep walking,"Li An-Qing followed,"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."102Please respect copyright.PENANAYf5DxoD2VN
The rift began to close—not as an end, but as a quiet reconfiguration.The shattered timelines wove into each other, forming a new path—one that required no right or wrong, no labels, no return.102Please respect copyright.PENANAVxSLSiNjXz
It was the third route.102Please respect copyright.PENANAd0DTBzY6BZ
Not back.Not in circles.But—102Please respect copyright.PENANAwE5FloxSEY
Toward a future unnamed.
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Fragmented Unity — A Dialogue Beneath Time
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