As if the ancient building deliberately held onto the cold, storing it in every pore of its bricks and every crack in its wooden floors, to torment its inhabitants who had never truly been wanted by anyone.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YPN6O6aeK 尼The central heater in the corner of the room, a rusted metal box that hissed softly all night long, produced only a shallow warmth. not enough to drive away the cold that crept from the wooden floor into the bones of the feet.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tpr6IqIWD
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Voltase Watt lay on his back on a bed far too large for his body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQj9r3UQTq
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Far too large like a bed prepared for an adult but occupied by a small child who never grew.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoUkMKqhuf
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His body was that of a twelve year old boy whose growth seemed to have stopped when he turned nine, when something inside him decided there was no point in getting bigger because no one would notice anyway.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHNspHbE6e
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His shoulders were narrow. so narrow that the blue-and-white striped flannel pajamas he wore kept slipping off his left shoulder.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiYJ52HbEv
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His arms were thin, with faint blue veins visible beneath pale skin that rarely saw sunlight.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHdJwkixDG
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His short legs could never reach the end of the bed, and every night he felt the tips of his cold toes touching the empty air beneath the blanket.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGmX9nGasp
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He had bought those pajamas three years ago, and even then they had been too big.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHqD8U9JUb
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He never grew, and he never knew why.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd3gYPmHyv
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Sometimes he thought that perhaps his body simply couldn't find a reason to grow. because growing required attention, nutrition, love and he had never had enough of any of those.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxQdIWMXR0
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No one will notice whether you're here or not, he thought.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbYgnbq8Ck
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The thought felt ordinary in his head. not a piercing sadness, but a fact he had accepted long ago, ever since he was old enough to understand that he was a burden moved from one place to another.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9UHmAzCrI
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Things don't grow.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVHs0LkWKy
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He never knew his biological parents.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaezx4NaO49
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He was a baby found on the doorstep of an orphanage in South London one cold winter morning, wrapped in a faded blue blanket with a piece of paper bearing his name and birthdate.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBRROcFfVH
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Nothing else.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4XRUvehrx
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No letter, no message, no clue about who had left him there or why they had gone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfASxQm5MI
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He grew up in that orphanage for five years, changing caretakers and beds and faces that came and went.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPcxghxQG5
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Then a family came and chose him. a polite, well dressed couple who said the right things in front of the social worker.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Mtj28nOj7
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They took him to their home in the suburbs, gave him his own room, food, clothes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXccfRP8xU6
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But they never truly wanted him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwSThvJseT
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He knew it from the way they looked at him. not with hatred, but with indifference.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORzrNTmt38
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As if he were an obligation, a task to be completed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QhwNc9MoG
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When he turned ten, they sent him to this boarding school.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EeRLT8j25
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An elegant, polite way to get rid of a burden without appearing cruel.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5UpvgoNfP
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They paid his school fees.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5UBgIntaf
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They sent birthday cards. store bought cards with printed text identical for everyone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqhK9Uoknw
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But they never visited.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPUKTzMb43
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They never called.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSXMFSENOV
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Voltase was a receipt already paid in full, an obligation fulfilled.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLB17nrseAz
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Now he was left here, in this cold room, in a country that was supposedly his birthplace but never felt like his own.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjW0DN7DFn
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You have no one, he thought, and he said it with lips that didn't move, only inside his head.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS0ATBZ8Bw
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You've never had anyone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYVLTgqUdS
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And you'll never have anyone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XVGqexXs0
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The ceiling of the room was made of old wood painted a faded white, with hairline cracks spreading from the corner near the simple hanging lamp. a frosted glass globe dangling from a yellowed cord.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBE7S0l8zy
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Voltase had counted those cracks every night for two years since he first arrived in this room.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ2f3WK79Y
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The number of main branches was always twenty three.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzFHqE02M3
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Never changing.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP2vlMBzWG
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The small branches varied, depending on the humidity of the night air, the temperature, whether the rain fell harder than usual.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSErEPWdVo
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Tonight he counted forty-three small branches, counting with his small right index finger, tracing the crack patterns in the air without actually touching the wood.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5H9MXc7AE
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If he touched it, he would feel the cold of the plaster and remember that he was still here.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIKNoylYWv
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In the distance, the bells of St. Mary's church at the end of the street began to ring.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsX24n9dznH
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The sound was old and heavy, with a slightly off-key tone from age and dampness.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGgAL35g2e
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Voltase counted along with each chime because there was nothing else he could do.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4OmeqaDF7
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One.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dz4RFbFGm
Two... Three.... Four14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHpNmBmqAd
Five.... Six..14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY6N9J9i2v
Seven.... Eight... Nine14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvTRGWu5om
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The bells stopped, and silence returned, filled only by the patter of rain that never stopped here.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUnPJszgNn
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Voltase reached his right hand toward the small table beside his bed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64jHF4vFji
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The table was made of cheap wood, chipped in places, its surface covered with scratches from pens and pencils of children who had been here before him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO3W1zjwlx
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On it lay the cheap phone given by his foster family when he left for boarding school. a symbolic gesture so they could still

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and a small desk lamp he never turned on.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLIj3QzSDa 尼His short, somewhat chubby fingers, still holding the roundness of childhood, groped across the table's surface until they touched the phone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6Wi942PID
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The screen lit up.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnvbeVhZeS
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Pale blue light illuminated his face for a few seconds.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq4w1hNgHY
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The time showed 21:49 AM14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoWPxETA5o
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He opened the running game.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKhNWAdSYf
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The app was colorful and bright, with the main character's icon smiling widely. a boy with black hair and oversized onyx eyes, with a smile that never faded.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vbmAVcm5K
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Voltase almost hated that smile.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr2igeWFxM
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That character never got tired, never got sad, never felt alone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5rkH1Jyh8
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He just ran, collected coins, dodged trains, and smiled the whole time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdwLR30FVA
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His right thumb swiped the screen, and the game began.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBjz3Wrv9o
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Cheerful electronic music flowed from the phone's speaker, trying to drown out the sound of rain, while the character started moving along the railway tracks with a synthetic sunset sky full of orange and purple gradients stretching behind him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDlZvQueqN
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Golden coins sparkled in the air, and every time the character collected them there was a satisfying ding sound.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs3vcreOUw
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Voltase played mechanically.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh622sMZIxF
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His thumb swiped left, jumped, swiped right, ducked.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrXcwUTwEU
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The score in the upper right corner climbed

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He didn't care about the score and character.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8Iaeo4bDQ 尼The only he needed it's sound.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt5P8uJE6z
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The music was a thin curtain separating him from the silence of the room, from the patter of rain, from the awareness that he was truly alone in this world and no one would come to save him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfin46PXX5
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On the right side of the screen, a second character appeared. a grown man in a white long-sleeved shirt with a faded blue jacket and a farmer's hat tilted back, and beside him a digital sheepdog ran at the same speed, its tongue lolling in a repeating animation.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZ8MgOFbHW
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The three of them ran together.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAAoSo0vLi
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A fake family in a fake world.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UF8XFS971
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They're not real

Voltase thought.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KHsVciVu3 尼just code, never can't feel anything.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPeiQXB4jm
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They're never alone because they never existed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRrDWOWL7c
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At 1,230 points, the obstacles increased.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPkYYWhmlX
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Train cars came faster and denser from both directions.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3PIr6uUfI
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Voltase's small fingers began to sweat, making the touchscreen feel slippery and sticky.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHvdSC1D0h
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His main character stumbled a repeated falling animation, got up, stumbled again, while the score stopped climbing and the music shifted into anxious, stretching notes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcft8jaLfMB
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A giant steel train car passed right in front of the character.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpyWddxHrW
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Bam.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKWTEJSTgT
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The screen turned blurry red, with a crimson gradient encircling the edges.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd6JaDgB5k
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Thick black ink pooled in the corners.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslcpH7nK8c
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White bold text appeared in the center.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOb1VcBmQm
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GAME OVER.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVRGdDSBiM
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Voltase let out a breath.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PQ8ivb1Tm
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The breath left his small chest as a faint, almost inaudible sigh, like wind slipping through a crack in a door that didn't close properly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsGjUuJCvO
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He pressed the home button, and the phone screen dimmed to black, reflecting his own face. the face of a thin child with weary onyx eyes, cheekbones beginning to protrude, and messy black hair.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla2Ps9uziI
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He put the phone on the table with a slow, reluctant movement, as if letting go of the phone meant letting go of the only thing distracting him from the silence.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5rW9MW9zq
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Silence returned.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkUK2qM2rB
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Rain returned.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPbb21Yn2Y
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He was still here.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XoTeFHmwa
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Still small and alone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOz1quyJGg
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Voltase closed his eyes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaWvfCghQY
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In the darkness behind his eyelids, he imagined another place.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WfoJ129rC
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A place where he had a big, strong body that didn't need to be afraid of other children mocking him in the school hallways.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS3JGX4RDQ
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A place where he could become something. become someone meaningful, someone who couldn't be ignored.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClvgoftSAT
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But the image was vague, like smoke vanishing before he could grasp it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60eoExjLze
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He didn't know what a big body looked like.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmL47pxFpr
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He had never had one.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53uIhTWVbu
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He only knew that he wanted it. something more than this small, weak, useless body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6gKSKEkZv
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Slowly, exhaustion consumed him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCQdY1nYqP
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His small body curled up in the middle of the too-large bed, knees drawn to his chest, arms hugging a pillow that had become dull and smelled of dormitory laundry soap sharp and chemical.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd6zKHRqvj
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The rain kept tapping the window.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9kfCHuXfK
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The wind moaned among the old oak trees in the schoolyard.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWT8eFlsrg
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His consciousness began to blur, sinking into a dark, warm abyss.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QCPJSm4uH
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The clock showed 21:52 AM.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFXomqk0wx
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Three minutes since he turned off the phone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTitbNeSudU
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Voltase Watt, a twelve year old boy who didn't know who his parents were, who had no home to return to, who had never been loved by anyone, began to fall into a dream.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU0qyDHsbK
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The first thing that registered was the smell.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC9nrgD0pV
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Not the musty, dusty smell of the dormitory room.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgWSPO138U
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This was a completely different smell. one he had never smelled before, yet somehow felt old, as if he had smelled it in another life, in a memory that wasn't his.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cERy7E30s
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The smell entered his nostrils like thick, heavy smoke.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5VcHTiVLH
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It crept into his sinuses.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj5UEmkFNV
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Stabbed the back of his throat like swallowed glass shards.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjWLHIi0jK
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Settled on the roof of his mouth, leaving a residue that felt like a layer of copper on his tongue. salty, metallic, and with a faint sweetness that was nauseating.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgM8bQIAz0G
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Beneath it lay another layer: a sharp, fishy stench like fish left too long in the sun, and the smell of wet earth mixed with something darker, thicker.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z9nn62wOu
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Blood, he thought, and the thought rose from the depths of an instinct he hadn't known he possessed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUwWrHbOHO
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The smell of blood.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTFFRreKpW
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A lot of blood and flesh.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5xNvhmOkE
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Rotting flesh.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAXopkQwGc
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Voltase opened his eyes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1lairD6Qb
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The darkness he saw wasn't the darkness of his dormitory room.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEF2FBDbeD
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Not the darkness tinged with orange from the streetlights and the silhouette of the fogged window.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTx3pbR54b
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This was total darkness, darkness that rejected light, darkness that felt solid like wet velvet pressed against his face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX0OCcN6Wx
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His eyes blinked, adjusting, but the adjustment was slow, as if his pupils had to relearn how to catch light.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G9lRA4ijB
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Slowly, silhouettes began to emerge.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPorf7PSSyZ
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He saw a shape above him, very close, only inches from his own nose.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNObvV5O60
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A face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnKguxpArh
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But not the face of a living human.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBhPB5N8hC
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The skin of that face was ashen-green, pale like dried clay beginning to crack.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctsqvtOYw7
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On its left cheek was a large tear exposing the tissue beneath. a layer of dark red that had begun to blacken at the edges, like beef left too long in the refrigerator, its fibers drying and shriveling.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ByAaNYOxr
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On its chin was thin brown stubble, with flakes of dry earth clinging between the hair strands.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPkd02mr3V
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Its eyes, or what remained of them, were two dark hollows.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52ptNIWgMi
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No eyeballs.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5bzZPUtVC
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Just black holes filled with small, writhing movements.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL9D0TScao
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Voltase saw them clearly, maggots.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6V0MfZhyf
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Dozens, maybe hundreds of small pale yellowish bodies, segmented, with darker heads, writhing inside those eye sockets.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWd1qeFHQg
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They rose and fell like tiny waves that never stopped, eating the remaining tissue still clinging to the orbital bone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pk1sjGEBV
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Some were larger than others, fatter and whiter, perhaps because they had been there longer and had eaten more.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFuK6kM7Ia
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One of them crawled out of the left eye socket, across the corpse's cheekbone, and fell right onto Voltase's cheek.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiucVHej8s
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He felt it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XVJuffucs

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That small soft body clung to his skin for a second, then began to crawl slowly downward toward his jaw.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyMwb4GiZ4
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Voltase felt every movement of that body. every small muscle contraction pushing it forward, every segment rubbing against his skin.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbbB0BsnNL
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At that moment, panic exploded inside him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQlMa91J7A
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Pure, primal panic that recognized no logic or reason.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbn21SqKkL
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He wanted to scream, but his voice was caught in his throat.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87dzHA7C5i
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He wanted to push, but his hands felt foreign and heavy.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib9PO8j9s7
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Because he realized: his body was different.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzGUVvoWKv
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His hands pushing the corpse away felt longer and heavier.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv5ov9qVTF
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His fingers were no longer short and chubby.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AiIXK5qZf
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He felt protruding knuckles, long and sturdy finger joints, a wide palm with blue veins clearly visible on the back.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjTkukT1Xc
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When he pushed the corpse away, the muscles in his arms. muscles he had never possessed in the real world, contracted with surprising strength.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo3NE3YEjt
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He felt the stretch of muscle fibers, pressure in his shoulders, and the weight of the body he pushed felt lighter than it should have.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UXkXqsyKT
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The corpse rolled to the side with a wet, heavy plop, like a bag of wet meat falling onto mud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJno2HBCKL
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Its head hit something hard. maybe a rock, another skull with a dull crack.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbDGP0Kvrf
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Voltase coughed, choked, and sat up straight with a jolting movement.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VN7Lne4vk
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He sat up, no need to crawl or roll. Just bent his body upward, and the body obeyed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GHfOMjca4
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His chest felt heavy, broad, and wide. Back felt solid.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjCtZATH1I
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Shoulders were now thick and muscular.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1rc3LInyY
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He looked down and saw his own body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBbyykMyf2
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A uniform.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrK5bVLAJN
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A long-sleeved shirt in faded blue, made of thick wool fabric that was coarse and slightly damp from dew or blood.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsuhU5ytWZ
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Small metal buttons lined up down the center of his chest. some were undone, and beneath the undone buttons he saw an undershirt in wet gray.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU1u9i7BCI
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On his left shoulder was a patch bearing an emblem he didn't recognize: an eagle with spread wings, or perhaps a raven, its claws grasping something that looked like a branch or snake.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwqNkDi1fu
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The patch was faded, its edges torn.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiluU6BN5t
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Blue trousers tucked into tall dark brown boots that felt heavy on his feet.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq5ho07B4P
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The boots were made of thick leather with hard soles. he felt small studs on the soles when he moved his feet over the ground.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlac9MUu4k
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Loose metal buckles on the tops of the boots swung gently as he moved.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM0IvdX0a5
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Voltase raised his right hand in front of his face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpddCpCQUG
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The hand trembled violently.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NiClHgP4w
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He could see it clearly, and it wasn't his hand.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE3K1xkpvt
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The hand was long, thin but muscular, with blue veins prominent on the back.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1moOpjEruy
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The fingers were slender with prominent knuckles and short nails dirty with black earth drying beneath them.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKetoDKxsEY
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There was a small wound on his middle knuckle, a scrape still wet with fresh blood. perhaps from a fight that happened before he woke up.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGGsBtLXvA
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His palm was wide with deep, clear lifelines.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1HYlrUSzM
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At the base of his thumb was a thick callus formed from years of holding something—maybe a weapon, maybe a tool, he didn't know.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmHAgMaofy
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This was an adult man's hand.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABHS8yxkhU
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A strong hand.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoqw4uY933
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A hand that could never belong to a weak, thin twelve-year-old boy.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cOj5YAJYI
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He pressed his palm to his chest.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKfPRewbTP
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Beneath the thick wool fabric, he felt the contour of hard chest muscles—broad pectorals with wide ribs beneath them.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCWsyvlxho
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And beneath those muscles, he felt a heartbeat.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBJqtNfseq
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Thump, thump.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2DpYSkdE7
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Thump, thump.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2EHgpeHG6
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A deeper, stronger, heavier heart.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mTK90DeR2
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Each beat felt like a hammer striking the wall of his chest from inside.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6T7Uiicva
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This isn't my body, he thought, and the thought sounded foreign in his head, deeper, heavier, with the resonance of an adult man he didn't recognize.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6Lq8I7jVU
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This body isn't mine.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh261UwFhwv
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I'm inside someone else's body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet9raiOJ54
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I'm trapped inside someone else's flesh.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD88ERPh6d
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How can this be?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZduzXDHnf1
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He wanted to scream, to call someone, to ask what was happening, but his voice only came out as a hoarse breath caught in his throat. 

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He straightened his body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LYINblBG1
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knees wobbled at first, the long, strong leg muscles feeling strange, unused to supporting this much weight, but he forced himself to stand.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc6Hjpvh5r
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Eye level was now above the piles of corpses around him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx91jlqViz6
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He could see far across the field, farther than he had ever seen in his short, narrow life.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzaUrM5UO2
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The body was now tall a hundred and eighty centimeters or more.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumvEicxsTE
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When he looked down, he saw the long distance between his chest and the ground, a distance he had never experienced before.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQbgGzxCqf
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His long, sturdy legs felt foreign, like poles newly attached beneath his body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvufLOztGVA
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Every step felt like walking on an unstable stage.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf9Ze4PbX0
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He felt his body's weight differently.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrAYlRQjjq
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Gravity felt lighter on his bones. perhaps because his bones were now larger and stronger. but his muscles felt heavier and denser.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKSmvNNWGG
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There was strength there, potential for movement he had never explored.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85OVoXDkaj
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He felt that this body could run faster, punch harder, endure longer than his small, weak body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRjk2zvmS1
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But that strength didn't make him brave.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG91R7xiVk
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Instead, he felt Strange.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqh4gNEd3c
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Like a thief who had stolen something precious and didn't know how to use it. uninvited guest in a house that wasn't his, where every movement felt like a violation.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEI79lnUVy
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Who owned this body?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOasHs2cRm2
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the question repeated in his head like a mantra.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU9qS4C4vL
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Where is he?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSMYFnWq4F
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Is he dead?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFuYYQcKmR
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Did I take his body?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrWBSlrtEA
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Did I kill him?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIFQO4MOb6
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He looked around.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh439eW7rU
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The sky above him wasn't the cloudy gray English sky always ready to rain.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFRoh38Bl8
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The sky here was pitch black, blacker than the hollows in the corpse's eye sockets.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIb1Z1wawl
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No stars, moon and glowing clouds.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdLreNACjv
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Just a black canvas stretching endlessly, as if someone had covered the entire world with thick velvet and forgotten it there, leaving it hanging without end.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NijUeItSo
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But beneath that gloomy sky, there was enough light.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHpbiHwse5
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Perhaps from reflections off puddles of liquid on the ground that cast a dim gleam.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj1H18Zwfk
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Perhaps from remnants of fires long dead in the distance, still emitting thin smoke and red sparks beneath the ash.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFlnvpaFwG
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Perhaps from twilight light that refused to leave completely, even though it was late at night.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeavdHYBXh
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The source of the light was unclear, but it was enough for Voltase to see the sight that would sear itself onto his retina forever. burned there like a photograph exposed to sunlight.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bCviwVvtx
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Around him, as far as he could see, there were only bodies.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMjbgezKty
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Hundreds, maybe thousands, impossible to count.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWERNvp6a17
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They lay in chaotic piles like rag dolls thrown by an angry giant and then forgotten.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0lsAEoZ1q
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Some were stacked on top of each other, forming small hills reaching up to an adult's waist.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpKqFliVlE
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Some piles were higher, reaching chest height.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL9duAaFH7
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Voltase noticed that the piles moved.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAHvFNtaYK
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Not moving like living things, but moving because of the maggots and flies writhing inside them, creating small waves on the surface of the flesh.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9iuehl9KG
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Some bodies lay alone, separated from the piles, with arms bent at impossible angles.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFJjJnWg9j
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Elbows twisted the wrong way.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLQewUwr1v
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Fingers clutching empty earth as if they were still trying to crawl in death, still trying to escape something that had caught them.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBiKq2kImO
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Some had intact faces with wide-open eyes staring at the black sky, expressions of fear frozen forever in the rigid muscles of their faces.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMeP9qlzaX
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Some had no faces at all.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZvxivRcqK
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Just red, glistening hollows inhabited by maggots and flies, with remnants of flesh clinging to skull bones like unraveling threads.

Their uniforms varied.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg9PguV5Sx 尼Most wore faded blue, like Voltase.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfe3XpPO8b
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Many wore pale green. The color of dead moss, a faded, dull green-gray like leaves already rotting in an autumn that lasted too long.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XoDHrcvo5
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Some others, fewer in number, wore ash, the color of gunpowder dust, or ash left after fire dies.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTRN1MK2BY
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Those three colors mixed in this pile of death without pattern, without meaning, just chaotic horror.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zBxrkvu3T
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Often he saw blue bodies lying on top of green bodies, or gray bodies wedged between two blue bodies.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62yCfvNu6z
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Nothing was ordered.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNESwYax81
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Nothing was intentional.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjniBvz52m
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They died where they fell, and they fell where they died.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRedujYukAN
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The ground beneath Voltase's feet felt soft. not like the hard earth of the school garden, not like the wooden floor of his room.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILUWwBh6pR
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He looked down and saw his boots sinking several centimeters into a brown-black surface.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIyj06tYHf
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It was mud, but not ordinary mud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14bBiTq8ZZ
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This mud was mixed with something darker, thicker, denser.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwcGdNUvGg
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Blood.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4gFa7dguA
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This ground wasn't earth.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhML2LFWaP8
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It was a layer of flesh and bodily fluids that had soaked into the soil, mixed with mud, forming a new, horrific layer.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFjgDpJPEZ
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When he moved his boots, there was a wet squelch. the sound of liquid squeezed out from the pores of the earth like water from an oversaturated sponge.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokYfzPwToJ
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He saw small white fragments among the black mud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcPGksFnOu
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Bone fragments.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlj8hC81Av
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Broken rib pieces with sharp ends.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV6gH115uP
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Severed finger joints still bearing remnants of flesh at the joints.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d5OoNEVtS
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Shattered skull fragments with pinkish inner surfaces from residual brain tissue.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8FbBySSKr
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There were also torn fabric pieces, dull glinting metal buttons scattered among the mud, and undone shoelaces uncoiled like dead snakes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvozAihaJN
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The stench here wasn't uniform.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlwvjZjzym
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It came in waves.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPzkK8gnyu
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Sometimes sharp and stinging like ammonia burning the nose.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ2CGfNp7V
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Sometimes sweet and nauseating like overripe flowers beginning to rot.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtZXhrwwQh
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Sometimes like old iron scraped across the tongue, leaving a metallic taste he couldn't get rid of.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ17oYOWac
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Every time the wind blew. cold, damp night wind,the smell changed, shifted, found new ways to torment his senses.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW1YwhElRH
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Voltase covered his nose with the back of his new, long hand, but the smell entered through his mouth, through his skin, through every pore of his now-large but still vulnerable body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjL7ItehhDv
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He felt it behind his eyes, in his sinuses, at the back of his throat.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7gDZQOO7f
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The smell became part of the air he breathed. He couldn't separate himself from it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqsOhQYZOY
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In the distance, he heard something.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJfJ5FQ0tt
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Not the sound of rain, the sound was a crack, like a twig snapping.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZl4rVOUCB
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Maybe footsteps.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZEEktVjo8
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Voltase froze.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQdlESjhF1
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He held his breath. That deep, heavy breath from this adult man's lungs and tried to listen more carefully.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzce41EmYH
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But his own heartbeat was too loud, too thunderous.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEbt9Wnd6X
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Thump, thump.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhn1ef6ODt
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Thump, thump.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRaE8z7Kny
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This heart was like a war drum inside his broad chest, and he couldn't stop it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA80RT5NVhT
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Then, he saw movement.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRG56ZYRxL
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Among the pile of corpses to his left, about ten meters away, the pile shook.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDc2ZS4UZU
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Not from the wind, the wind wouldn't move a pile of flesh that heavy.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvviqy6r3qh
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Something inside it was moving.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QySBPoSf8
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An arm emerged.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSWwYncfuZ
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An arm that still had intact skin. pale but not rotting, with muscles still tense beneath the skin's surface.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMtk5eEmcN
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The fingers of that hand grasped the air, then pulled, pushed the bodies above them.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVXAIPGAbn
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Those bodies shifted, rolled, fell aside with wet sounds.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3LK1zd2zF
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From that pile, a man's figure emerged.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6jwnuMgmJ
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He rose with stiff, mechanical movements, like a wooden puppet whose strings were pulled by an invisible hand.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nDfd3Oibw
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He brushed dust and dried flesh scraps from his uniform. pale green, the same green worn by many corpses around him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oUFugBtTp
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The fabric was torn in several places, and on his right shoulder was the same patch, eagle or raven, but the colors were more faded, more worn, with threads beginning to unravel at the edges.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHHLqJlgQv
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On his left arm was a large tear exposing the skin beneath, pale skin with an old, dried wound.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUThG6SWT0k
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The man was tall, almost as tall as Voltase.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOyfGErbPw
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His face was gaunt, with a firm jaw and prominent cheekbones.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu0RzCsVSg
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His hair was dirty blond, short and unkempt, with sideburns slightly elongated beside his ears.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6jMvcGPul
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His dark eyes, dark like Voltase's eyes in the real world, stared straight at him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyCqCUr9dS
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The stare was unfriendly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5hrIqEgwr
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Full of suspicion, confusion, and beneath it, a layer of fear trying to hide behind a tightening jaw and pursed lips.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71SqT2C3Od
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They faced each other.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCpg13ftb3
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Two adult figures in the middle of a sea of death.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9TdWWvd5k
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Cold night wind blew between them, carrying the stench of rot and old gunpowder smoke.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1o43C7dbQ
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Voltase felt the wind hit his face, carrying his long, dirty hair dancing around his eyes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7NwwSlpXi
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The man didn't speak.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0E86BfDHjf
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He just stared, eyes narrowing, measuring whether Voltase was a threat or just another survivor.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qEQohsxf8
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He examined Voltase's faded blue uniform, then examined his face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNXiQYFgei
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Perhaps searching for recognition.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZfVt7EZxl
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Trying to remember if he had ever seen this face before.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YELD7smwN
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But there was no recognition in his eyes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLqyDSDuqb
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Only deepening suspicion.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWXDP63fzD
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Slowly, he bent down.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4A2CQFF1z
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His dirty fingers, crusted with dried blood beneath the nails, groped among the pile of corpses.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gur5FYjKN
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He pushed some bodies aside, shifted others, and finally pulled something from beneath the pile.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8EFPcHLuU
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A long object.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5z6kezoEyu
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Voltase recognized the shape even though he had never seen one directly outside the history books in the school library.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphe0CLhuFz
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An old wooden stock, darkened by oil and sweat from hands before his, covered with scratches and deep grooves from their grips.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zUf0FcbDl
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The wood was worn, its fibers peeling in places but still solid, he could see that the stock had been used for years, perhaps decades, by people he would never know.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvOxTeWP0W
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A long, slender barrel of dark metal, gleaming dully under the dim light, with grooves along its surface to reduce weight.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrYjir6Fjw
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Beneath it, just in front of the curved trigger made of the same metal with a finger groove, a small box magazine jutted out like a second jaw, loaded with ready-to-fire bullets.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbmkn8iVCU
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And at the end of the barrel, he saw a locking mechanism small grooves and metal protrusions, designed to attach a bayonet.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHKDIVm57i
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It was a heavy, ancient, deadly rifle.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVENz8MhnK
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A rifle that had killed more people than he could imagine.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78878tkVT9
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The man aimed the muzzle at Voltase's chest.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzorPH13EbP
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Voltase's reflexes acted before his thoughts could formulate a strategy.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXroqSxFXtw
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Both his hands the long, sturdy hands of an adult man rose up, palms open wide, in the universal gesture of surrender.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE3ZWByBQ2
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He felt the unfamiliar but real weight of his arms.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzAluIZG9m
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His heart pounded in this new chest, and he felt its beat at his temples and at the tips of his trembling fingers.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU15BfUCTL
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"Wait,"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCOoGBmgor
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he said, and his voice came out as a deep, hoarse baritone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQICHs6hTP7
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a voice he had never heard before, a voice emerging from a chest broader than his own.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzHAFH1yiH
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"I don't know where this is."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGjC4QBDgS
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"don't know what's happening."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvyroRCapE
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"I just woke up."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXYz5G9sBc
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The man didn't answer.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaUL86VOwX
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His eyes narrowed further, examining Voltase's faded blue uniform, then his face, watching Voltase's lips move, hearing his words.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeQk0lgBCz
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But there was no response.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QpFXRSaln
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Perhaps he didn't believe him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCElWFmgjvH
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Perhaps he had seen too many tricks in this place to trust anyone.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CAFzRQFdG
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The man began to step forward.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc1zCLZzT8
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One step.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTuhn1VlYW
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Two steps.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXAlbnfP4t
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The muzzle stayed aimed exactly at Voltase's chest.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo36ahtWCz
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Each step the man took was torture.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV67wwxRdKY
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Voltase heard the squeak of the man's boots on the bloody mud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8STFtPVIt
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He saw every scratch on the rifle's wooden stock, every peeling fiber, every deep groove.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pVOrAXx2Q
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He saw the man's finger on the trigger a steady finger that didn't tremble, a finger accustomed to the weight and pressure of pulling.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQNeeddWYg
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The voice in his head whispered.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1WdHmlsA8
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If you don't move, you die.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybZTfw5aTe
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You die here, in this place.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XNqcdbhbQ
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And you'll never return to your dormitory room.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVJnDsJDAx
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No one will come looking for you.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHzAbzyZYA
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No one will care.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMQXswsPAJ
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You'll just be another corpse in this pile.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HwJypfldS
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The thought of the world's indifference. about foster parents who never called, about teachers who didn't know his name.

about the empty room with only the cracks in the ceiling, gave Voltase a strange strength.1234 copyright protection10ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ywtA2aiTq 尼He had nothing to lose in the real world.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LY4x5X8Yi
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No one would mourn him if he died.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9kW3N5K6P
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But here, in this strong body, he might survive.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBX7gIcurF
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He might become something.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtsxydvmpC
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And he moved.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡledeOc4oqm
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His tall, powerful body shot forward, faster than he had imagined.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlH0cHvj8u
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The muscles in his legs. muscles he had never possessed contracted with surprising strength, propelling him forward in an instant.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0lS9UmJHu
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His long hand grabbed the end of the rifle's barrel before the man could react.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLK71Vby97a
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The metal was cold, very cold, like ice burning his skin.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqxlEx8fce
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He felt the texture of the metal beneath his fingers smooth in some places, rough in others from rust and he gripped it tightly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfWEqnPOpG
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He twisted the barrel aside, away from his chest.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmacqxk4RL
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His other hand formed a fist and swung it at the man's face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEUGQyoDKk
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The punch landed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7mHWvHr71
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His knuckles struck the man's cheekbone with a dull thud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnxCcgFOgI
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Voltase felt the hard impact in his hand, pain spreading like waves from his knuckles to his wrist.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7JVI4hnG7
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But there was a primal satisfaction that his punch had connected.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxCUdU9JJB
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This was the first time in his life. both in the real world and here he had ever hit someone with full force.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG8LbiMZGH
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The man stumbled back, his arm bending, but he didn't fall.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmMmrJknJb
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His head snapped to the side, and from the corner of his mouth, a drop of blood began to flow.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22MAlBRAgS
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He raised his hand to his face, touched his lip, looked at the blood on his fingertip.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38lxI0XFgy
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Then he looked at Voltase with changed eyes.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLEPnFzQrG
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Suspicion transformed into burning anger.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVzsxP1i0q
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With reflexes faster than they looked, he blocked Voltase's attack with his forearm.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECKphbNuit
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His other hand grabbed Voltase's collar and pulled him forward.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuETjxjgjOm
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At the same time, he bent his right knee and kicked forward.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9eRkBuGCW
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The knee struck Voltase's stomach, and the pain exploded in his solar plexus like a bomb.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYOE23pAgh
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All the air in his lungs. the large lungs of this adult man, was forced out in one gasping exhale that sounded like a long, deep groan.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4Jqjzygwt
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Saliva and bitter bile from his empty stomach spurted from his open mouth, wetting his chin and dripping onto the faded blue uniform.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPll7IgJe2t
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For a moment, the world around him spun wildly. black sky, corpses, and the man's face all mixed into a nauseating vortex.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WGjt74cgM
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He tasted metal on his tongue because he had bitten his own tongue from the impact.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpjWSztewK
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Fresh blood began to flow in his mouth, mixing with the bile.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfMtuPasVW
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But Voltase didn't fall.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQNu1heh9Q
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Unlike in the real world, where he always fell when pushed by other children at school, this body was stronger, heavier.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqR1L5u6JB
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His long legs planted in the bloody soil as he held his ground.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgDr70iEuw
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His abdominal muscles hard, trained muscles absorbed part of the kick's impact.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZTIMyl1cE
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Despite the overwhelming pain, he was still standing.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbQUKLfMVj
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With clenched teeth, enduring the pain gnawing at his stomach like burning fire, he launched a counterattack.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcov824vS1Z
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His foot with the heavy boot and hard sole swung toward the man's shin.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEoiABUcht
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He swung his leg with all his strength.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhcLX14Bde
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The kick landed with a harder thud than before.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEULjlZ9St
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The man stumbled, losing balance.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCw53nAikj
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His kicked leg buckled, and for a moment he seemed about to fall, grimacing in pain, his teeth clenched, his breath coming in a long hiss.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSgQ0ilv1B
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Voltase seized the moment.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHecRcgz9IM
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He twisted his body, pulling the rifle barrel with all his strength.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVUgqYJxqf
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The wood and metal an object weighing nearly four kilograms tore from the man's grip.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80J3zOSsLN
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It flew, rolled across the pile of corpses, and fell among the rotting bodies on the other side, sinking beneath the pile of flesh.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8y9Jye9F5
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Now, without weapons, they faced each other equally.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDl7m3p8Do
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The man swung a punch at Voltase's jaw, but Voltase ducked, feeling the wind of the fist brushing his long, dirty hair.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcziNbbY2Bf
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He answered with a punch at the man's chin, but the man tilted his head with agile movement despite his large body.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTOv1nFAiM
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They fought wildly punches, kicks, elbows, and knees in the middle of the sea of corpses.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkQBT6JTXR
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Dust and dried flesh scraps flew around them every time they stepped on or fell into the piles of bodies.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcEvemQb8W
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Voltase felt blood. both the corpses' blood and his own covering his face.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5uxxJnu9X
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His lower lip was split, and he tasted his own salty, metallic blood on his tongue, mixing with the copper taste from the air around him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsRocIXZdO
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This isn't me, he thought between punches, but his thoughts were fragmented by pain and exhaustion.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWNreNNxgs
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