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 protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNE33sBeit 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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkDziH6ziP
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Voltase Watt lay on his back on a bed far too large for his body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKS5NTAGkO
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Far too large like a bed prepared for an adult but occupied by a small child who never grew.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizBuSwLggA
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOxrINCYAg
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY7dUxPH4x
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His arms were thin, with faint blue veins visible beneath pale skin that rarely saw sunlight.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaBAtBN2x4
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56TuKQsCiY
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He had bought those pajamas three years ago, and even then they had been too big.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXzBQP7a6H
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He never grew, and he never knew why.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62yqDRyuPQ
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHx2JkcFsw
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No one will notice whether you're here or not, he thought.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48mRoWZj7K
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOkGmOm7XX
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Things don't grow.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfMsnFOMo1
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He never knew his biological parents.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghRqPSW7WU
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXEa0sMj54
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Nothing else.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLE67jF8DN
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No letter, no message, no clue about who had left him there or why they had gone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfUOLvM5NB
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He grew up in that orphanage for five years, changing caretakers and beds and faces that came and went.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0myepLdYOS
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPiwWuLkEK
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They took him to their home in the suburbs, gave him his own room, food, clothes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOTUxX9A8p
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But they never truly wanted him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLSiPr6nhV
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He knew it from the way they looked at him. not with hatred, but with indifference.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjrJvGRxpp
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As if he were an obligation, a task to be completed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz7H2vZW55
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When he turned ten, they sent him to this boarding school.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGI4ekA2kq
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An elegant, polite way to get rid of a burden without appearing cruel.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdUxXV80KE
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They paid his school fees.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEihyKELowx
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They sent birthday cards. store bought cards with printed text identical for everyone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBLKak7u5q
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But they never visited.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSc9R2cXSv
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They never called.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2qjLhzOm6
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Voltase was a receipt already paid in full, an obligation fulfilled.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5v430XGDdw
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1YCAbVcqy
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You have no one, he thought, and he said it with lips that didn't move, only inside his head.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv4l2XqPBS
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You've never had anyone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08Vp26qSgm
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And you'll never have anyone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YnS32qVs0
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yvIjmsEGG
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Voltase had counted those cracks every night for two years since he first arrived in this room.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf71ASZksP
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The number of main branches was always twenty three.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF4e6sk3C1
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Never changing.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5k630vLnI
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBIsWnyNsH
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlCYdYViBO
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If he touched it, he would feel the cold of the plaster and remember that he was still here.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAOW9aaIgo
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In the distance, the bells of St. Mary's church at the end of the street began to ring.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORJMQAQnRK
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The sound was old and heavy, with a slightly off-key tone from age and dampness.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DbdwIUhCm
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Voltase counted along with each chime because there was nothing else he could do.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0mFPRSvbm
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One.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicsIew16kZ
Two... Three.... Four18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHR8fV4hQq
Five.... Six..18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomgetmsbZH
Seven.... Eight... Nine18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfyyz4QPjV
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The bells stopped, and silence returned, filled only by the patter of rain that never stopped here.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8v3g4POOaX
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Voltase reached his right hand toward the small table beside his bed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAd4Las46v
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxMRJDUgza
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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 protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhMyOm12t3 尼His short, somewhat chubby fingers, still holding the roundness of childhood, groped across the table's surface until they touched the phone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaanYHWIdyK
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The screen lit up.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ723nklP7QE
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Pale blue light illuminated his face for a few seconds.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnALLBbxDdB
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The time showed 21:49 PM18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnI4uLo37R
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He opened the running game.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL8hXIQUR0
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNmivRFZYN
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Voltase almost hated that smile.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae7QNjvuaX
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That character never got tired, never got sad, never felt alone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYxAqLRgFb
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He just ran, collected coins, dodged trains, and smiled the whole time.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iaercsuHb
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His right thumb swiped the screen, and the game began.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49Mf7lkrQ7
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegb8ypGZGC
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Golden coins sparkled in the air, and every time the character collected them there was a satisfying ding sound.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ079LBCeXg
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Voltase played mechanically.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuCIIsG6hk
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His thumb swiped left, jumped, swiped right, ducked.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57D8gPzGrl
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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 protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFjOadnmWd 尼The only he needed it's sound.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdzpSJ0lj7
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DdbW3NoOy
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyb2sAGYlS
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The three of them ran together.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHkuSKjy78
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A fake family in a fake world.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UVqbQoDjt
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They're not real

Voltase thought.1234 copyright protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlAl0MdWFF 尼just code, never can't feel anything.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HI7b96NqX
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They're never alone because they never existed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS12Y9FjMUV
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At 1,230 points, the obstacles increased.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnsEZr09L9
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Train cars came faster and denser from both directions.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mHmUCP6gZ
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Voltase's small fingers began to sweat, making the touchscreen feel slippery and sticky.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ2YjpvXl9
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpdS7u6Vjs
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A giant steel train car passed right in front of the character.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3CML0CThD
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Bam.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7yc0Fb37s
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The screen turned blurry red, with a crimson gradient encircling the edges.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSDKtDTVW7
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Thick black ink pooled in the corners.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwDJl9guC6
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White bold text appeared in the center.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtoDlKT3gl
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GAME OVER.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhlU3jl1IM
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Voltase let out a breath.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vB2E6GGs5
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgDFN8OJMt
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqgWagwOwA
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOgy1iubMa
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Silence returned.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxeCdvOTTT
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Rain returned.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33B0fpCz8C
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He was still here.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiQ8Orl0fo
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Still small and alone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKAreS5Aya
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Voltase closed his eyes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPC59pbpYY
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In the darkness behind his eyelids, he imagined another place.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL38z1pxCKc
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEawUXACLaF
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A place where he could become something. become someone meaningful, someone who couldn't be ignored.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqEgj6HRG6
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But the image was vague, like smoke vanishing before he could grasp it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjxd8ZjlDQ
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He didn't know what a big body looked like.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnRYsA1kkd
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He had never had one.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7Y9tjjh36
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He only knew that he wanted it. something more than this small, weak, useless body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNnWnBidsT
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Slowly, exhaustion consumed him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEvD1rgz6F
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzKEBA6RtI
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The rain kept tapping the window.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2nxqmXlif
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The wind moaned among the old oak trees in the schoolyard.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJNjeWpcyH
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His consciousness began to blur, sinking into a dark, warm abyss.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpAtDNW2nq
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The clock showed 21:52 PM.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsbEe306nh
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Three minutes since he turned off the phone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ358Dicy6P4
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTI0dr1ZEtV
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The first thing that registered was the smell.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMiC3mHCz5
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Not the musty, dusty smell of the dormitory room.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBKxWD09mb
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8qqWES5M7
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The smell entered his nostrils like thick, heavy smoke.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNuEgdKV6H
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It crept into his sinuses.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ9Ws1fU3l
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Stabbed the back of his throat like swallowed glass shards.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvciaePHpeF
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2Fi50x1hb
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFrVx7G8YA
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Blood, he thought, and the thought rose from the depths of an instinct he hadn't known he possessed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhKus13fsZ
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The smell of blood.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb37kddvcCx
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A lot of blood and flesh.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlLMofZcIM
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Rotting flesh.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1EDDBESE9
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Voltase opened his eyes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmpXJIhgCx
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The darkness he saw wasn't the darkness of his dormitory room.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL0RxyacIe
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Not the darkness tinged with orange from the streetlights and the silhouette of the fogged window.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzClppjyWqn
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This was total darkness, darkness that rejected light, darkness that felt solid like wet velvet pressed against his face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrYUAgTVUT
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His eyes blinked, adjusting, but the adjustment was slow, as if his pupils had to relearn how to catch light.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0YjZiuCZ3
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Slowly, silhouettes began to emerge.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXRJ3SFv97
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He saw a shape above him, very close, only inches from his own nose.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvewsv3U6LY
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A face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaRYpspcUr
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But not the face of a living human.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PXlVcVRWA
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The skin of that face was ashen-green, pale like dried clay beginning to crack.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBc1HTH9zDi
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8rtgnxFNp
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On its chin was thin brown stubble, with flakes of dry earth clinging between the hair strands.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAXT0CL2sL
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Its eyes, or what remained of them, were two dark hollows.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJq7HSx0ya
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No eyeballs.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKBqugqxdA
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Just black holes filled with small, writhing movements.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRQq06pYTl
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Voltase saw them clearly, maggots.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWBI3Nbyjd
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Dozens, maybe hundreds of small pale yellowish bodies, segmented, with darker heads, writhing inside those eye sockets.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykwt98jC71
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They rose and fell like tiny waves that never stopped, eating the remaining tissue still clinging to the orbital bone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx9jFt5gLa
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Some were larger than others, fatter and whiter, perhaps because they had been there longer and had eaten more.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dQgWfakVN
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YjSw30l6E
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He felt it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3De1Q6r0dz

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That small soft body clung to his skin for a second, then began to crawl slowly downward toward his jaw.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO1GPXeskV
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Voltase felt every movement of that body. every small muscle contraction pushing it forward, every segment rubbing against his skin.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqcT0e5Cn0
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At that moment, panic exploded inside him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXgN2DSO1Y
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Pure, primal panic that recognized no logic or reason.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaJdn4Fhdo
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He wanted to scream, but his voice was caught in his throat.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTabFkAVf8
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He wanted to push, but his hands felt foreign and heavy.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWCEuhNYNG
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Because he realized: his body was different.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOe9V6GzTq
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His hands pushing the corpse away felt longer and heavier.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQVvwq4qSq
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His fingers were no longer short and chubby.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaGDbhxFe2
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He felt protruding knuckles, long and sturdy finger joints, a wide palm with blue veins clearly visible on the back.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFuiqTrCEH
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq20vPuahE0
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nWbnslR4z
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The corpse rolled to the side with a wet, heavy plop, like a bag of wet meat falling onto mud.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF3GGTdX1M
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Its head hit something hard. maybe a rock, another skull with a dull crack.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kbYG0nx9n
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Voltase coughed, choked, and sat up straight with a jolting movement.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iHWODZtyV
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He sat up, no need to crawl or roll. Just bent his body upward, and the body obeyed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQUlP2Q374
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His chest felt heavy, broad, and wide. Back felt solid.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r2M6Zd1UT
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Shoulders were now thick and muscular.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMJPJUJV3d
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He looked down and saw his own body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDHJAQMr2p
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A uniform.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0O07pQY8r
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQE2DebWgp
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdg3plwGN1L
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd6KpC855L
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The patch was faded, its edges torn.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw4Z8tkWN1
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Blue trousers tucked into tall dark brown boots that felt heavy on his feet.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwATlgx6dBq
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rSHxNAJsN
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Loose metal buckles on the tops of the boots swung gently as he moved.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLCEhQUCYO
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Voltase raised his right hand in front of his face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoZU2PYu3y
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The hand trembled violently.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hFJb3dWWa
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He could see it clearly, and it wasn't his hand.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsFjIZYmDo
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The hand was long, thin but muscular, with blue veins prominent on the back.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl5RG2pReC
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The fingers were slender with prominent knuckles and short nails dirty with black earth drying beneath them.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdt5agJaAC
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dmIbVtcKc
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His palm was wide with deep, clear lifelines.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdscyVwgz4
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5QkZJ2Srr
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This was an adult man's hand.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw8AEwBbOm
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A strong hand.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck8a9TtFUG
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A hand that could never belong to a weak, thin twelve-year-old boy.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5zz9fhBuI
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He pressed his palm to his chest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIYc5K78MV
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Beneath the thick wool fabric, he felt the contour of hard chest muscles—broad pectorals with wide ribs beneath them.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vX8JWcRca
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And beneath those muscles, he felt a heartbeat.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LzoEQchko
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Thump, thump.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sQ2xhoyky
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Thump, thump.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm86qhr0B7
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A deeper, stronger, heavier heart.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu9CMy3rGY
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Each beat felt like a hammer striking the wall of his chest from inside.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG8Kii3IRX
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg61ifjVCE
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This body isn't mine.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFyqSanXsU
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I'm inside someone else's body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphhDOJxzIO
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I'm trapped inside someone else's flesh.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTou8JqKpHU
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How can this be?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBjPYvDIj1
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBNY87eMGz
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfv1Mvf2uF
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Eye level was now above the piles of corpses around him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT9tc3xg2q
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He could see far across the field, farther than he had ever seen in his short, narrow life.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH50m2YmDTm
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The body was now tall a hundred and eighty centimeters or more.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNMvg31NNH
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkXFGhJd4b
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His long, sturdy legs felt foreign, like poles newly attached beneath his body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8zhAOvwz2
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Every step felt like walking on an unstable stage.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9S1RlI3Yj
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He felt his body's weight differently.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUQSYCXhJm
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjga8cIR9fh
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There was strength there, potential for movement he had never explored.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0GwwgWvfq
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He felt that this body could run faster, punch harder, endure longer than his small, weak body.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNt4TElsCP
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But that strength didn't make him brave.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4wjS9sPci
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Instead, he felt Strange.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzJBF5GDnW
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjYtbJv7dj
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Who owned this body?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHgXIGLQlx
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the question repeated in his head like a mantra.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsISD1REE9
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Where is he?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBUH9k3kTn
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Is he dead?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjtnVnhsL4
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Did I take his body?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBXHjp3c45
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Did I kill him?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzYEJZdNdx
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He looked around.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyNKwVvKGE
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The sky above him wasn't the cloudy gray English sky always ready to rain.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ72ECIgfps
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The sky here was pitch black, blacker than the hollows in the corpse's eye sockets.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVhVs8fAUW
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No stars, moon and glowing clouds.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCS8wE3GxE
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XEkHKePNV
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But beneath that gloomy sky, there was enough light.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zwyvCvlXG
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Perhaps from reflections off puddles of liquid on the ground that cast a dim gleam.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1hlqCZt3o
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Perhaps from remnants of fires long dead in the distance, still emitting thin smoke and red sparks beneath the ash.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A1KvYceNw
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Perhaps from twilight light that refused to leave completely, even though it was late at night.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfuz02YvEg
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx7Bh6KTfa
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Around him, as far as he could see, there were only bodies.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dyvZiNJI3
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Hundreds, maybe thousands, impossible to count.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJEpbl1yZH
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They lay in chaotic piles like rag dolls thrown by an angry giant and then forgotten.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wdC0XKoQJ
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Some were stacked on top of each other, forming small hills reaching up to an adult's waist.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXYpTkXuAp
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Some piles were higher, reaching chest height.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8kBXxuaCD
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Voltase noticed that the piles moved.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYsukD1Tmd
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU685FIvRds
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Some bodies lay alone, separated from the piles, with arms bent at impossible angles.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1SVYodT1u
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Elbows twisted the wrong way.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5EuPke7RI
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr0zC4e6YP
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZkoiyyKji
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Some had no faces at all.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzunS8p2SYp
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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 protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tKLtBf326 尼Most wore faded blue, like Voltase.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSiOFFwGAo
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59FV9tR3ee
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Some others, fewer in number, wore ash, the color of gunpowder dust, or ash left after fire dies.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDao7OA3ubU
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Those three colors mixed in this pile of death without pattern, without meaning, just chaotic horror.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3He1MZR9K2
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Often he saw blue bodies lying on top of green bodies, or gray bodies wedged between two blue bodies.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqL8TPMQtwp
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Nothing was ordered.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX1DTQgyTi
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Nothing was intentional.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeK5YA6f1m
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They died where they fell, and they fell where they died.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RPR43XTAR
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejN0Uf2CxH
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He looked down and saw his boots sinking several centimeters into a brown-black surface.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzJUrLAliD
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It was mud, but not ordinary mud.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkJD9cG5P5
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This mud was mixed with something darker, thicker, denser.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM5padpp90
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Blood.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18wYEQWEAN
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This ground wasn't earth.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukxkMiqrSj
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCBr9u9hsc
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyOm57ioqe
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He saw small white fragments among the black mud.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOfvcJHeG3
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Bone fragments.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pSWgp9NU4
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Broken rib pieces with sharp ends.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpBOtZr1Tp
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Severed finger joints still bearing remnants of flesh at the joints.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91EAkXHePA
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Shattered skull fragments with pinkish inner surfaces from residual brain tissue.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6ROiM9esX
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJh3kbGNXKI
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The stench here wasn't uniform.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm4ewsGhUC
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It came in waves.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNp4kFuv0W
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Sometimes sharp and stinging like ammonia burning the nose.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80Q6M1gpDF
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Sometimes sweet and nauseating like overripe flowers beginning to rot.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gwUjFNrSz
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Sometimes like old iron scraped across the tongue, leaving a metallic taste he couldn't get rid of.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx2PdcKtCR
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Every time the wind blew. cold, damp night wind,the smell changed, shifted, found new ways to torment his senses.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHF9d7irqt
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwUT4YstZl
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He felt it behind his eyes, in his sinuses, at the back of his throat.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zzKU39E8v
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The smell became part of the air he breathed. He couldn't separate himself from it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajs5xsp1cI
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In the distance, he heard something.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuSUrXfr5j
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Not the sound of rain, the sound was a crack, like a twig snapping.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yE9gaveVI
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Maybe footsteps.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRglfALvVl
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Voltase froze.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gZnksBP6b
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He held his breath. That deep, heavy breath from this adult man's lungs and tried to listen more carefully.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxzgOPYeGv
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But his own heartbeat was too loud, too thunderous.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUSHfVI5bB
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Thump, thump.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0Smb9O1Hf
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Thump, thump.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ2NqFY9Gi
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This heart was like a war drum inside his broad chest, and he couldn't stop it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVy8X2H8PD
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Then, he saw movement.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcAHa8LJgj
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Among the pile of corpses to his left, about ten meters away, the pile shook.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1ZIVbZVxw
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Not from the wind, the wind wouldn't move a pile of flesh that heavy.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvkNLO1gpb
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Something inside it was moving.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOv9shBzOT
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An arm emerged.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQzWl6t7jf
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An arm that still had intact skin. pale but not rotting, with muscles still tense beneath the skin's surface.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgxOF4p2GC
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The fingers of that hand grasped the air, then pulled, pushed the bodies above them.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGPlEOGfsQ
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Those bodies shifted, rolled, fell aside with wet sounds.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweAo0kKNe3
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From that pile, a man's figure emerged.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoHz5QE5VP
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He rose with stiff, mechanical movements, like a wooden puppet whose strings were pulled by an invisible hand.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYfZhiA98C
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN36BEQDLaS
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FCZlXuxa4
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On his left arm was a large tear exposing the skin beneath, pale skin with an old, dried wound.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSsbKfc9oy
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The man was tall, almost as tall as Voltase.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTwZf0vyvV
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His face was gaunt, with a firm jaw and prominent cheekbones.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngMADAU7E5
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His hair was dirty blond, short and unkempt, with sideburns slightly elongated beside his ears.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCwTAw9gsN
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His dark eyes, dark like Voltase's eyes in the real world, stared straight at him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmavCxL2Fz
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The stare was unfriendly.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9PWsQrWdo
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOL1LZlI3G
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They faced each other.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCtQybjvZ5
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Two adult figures in the middle of a sea of death.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2x5IExFLP
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Cold night wind blew between them, carrying the stench of rot and old gunpowder smoke.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKDU1bmoF7
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Voltase felt the wind hit his face, carrying his long, dirty hair dancing around his eyes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFXXY2kGbn
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The man didn't speak.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4p0bNPVX3
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He just stared, eyes narrowing, measuring whether Voltase was a threat or just another survivor.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cDApiyHGV
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He examined Voltase's faded blue uniform, then examined his face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2Ec0q3agN
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Perhaps searching for recognition.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVDXBMdx5Z
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Trying to remember if he had ever seen this face before.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzMEchgqmb
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But there was no recognition in his eyes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkkicL8SSa
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Only deepening suspicion.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo33OZbM6g
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Slowly, he bent down.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5vFnxc22q
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His dirty fingers, crusted with dried blood beneath the nails, groped among the pile of corpses.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0S9wT0e36
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He pushed some bodies aside, shifted others, and finally pulled something from beneath the pile.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlwFvYRoR9
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A long object.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j2lU2zw1X
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Voltase recognized the shape even though he had never seen one directly outside the history books in the school library.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9zgyEEWOQ
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu27EUP4DsI
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC35IZ77Vmj
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5BVoy2sLD
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkQeOT6tRG
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6gu5BtcC0
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It was a heavy, ancient, deadly rifle.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nFKYNbXQd
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A rifle that had killed more people than he could imagine.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo31FNk3qqo
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The man aimed the muzzle at Voltase's chest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbMC0eFwPs
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Voltase's reflexes acted before his thoughts could formulate a strategy.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHOqCHbZgQ
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ROAPlQK7U
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He felt the unfamiliar but real weight of his arms.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxgnUgmsEO
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYFQPg3pHz
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"Wait,"18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITwhIONBtp
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he said, and his voice came out as a deep, hoarse baritone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYhymxNzTK
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a voice he had never heard before, a voice emerging from a chest broader than his own.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ajQ7PmORH
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"I don't know where this is."18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFWlGD3TE2
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"don't know what's happening."18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mRTM98CiA
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"I just woke up."18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExdBMwXFPE
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The man didn't answer.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrbKAiGDEn
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4fyC2ervs
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But there was no response.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9L5bWgcUd
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Perhaps he didn't believe him.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRZnIqzPMM
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Perhaps he had seen too many tricks in this place to trust anyone.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1fsiYL8kT
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The man began to step forward.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpY69jAZnid
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One step.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71tqJPhFiZ
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Two steps.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbg3Hc2EZa
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The muzzle stayed aimed exactly at Voltase's chest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHE8h9qS9W
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Each step the man took was torture.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN0ftdgbAF
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Voltase heard the squeak of the man's boots on the bloody mud.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0spvbwwb9
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He saw every scratch on the rifle's wooden stock, every peeling fiber, every deep groove.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWxFj03r3d
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMp4bKUlF5
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The voice in his head whispered.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK69VNy7ZLI
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If you don't move, you die.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcOCCbcuB6
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You die here, in this place.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSqvtBs0kD
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And you'll never return to your dormitory room.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHraOPngdO
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No one will come looking for you.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvTLVyVkR9
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No one will care.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrMh5MDi9M
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You'll just be another corpse in this pile.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyeYpVaDGP
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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 protection14ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGdUl4IxFS 尼He had nothing to lose in the real world.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqP2zQdkzty
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No one would mourn him if he died.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXPaDJx9Vg
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But here, in this strong body, he might survive.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5lpXAMTgD
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He might become something.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTN4JBNN96
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And he moved.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCAtTzb00e
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His tall, powerful body shot forward, faster than he had imagined.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlHPYMs6LN
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The muscles in his legs. muscles he had never possessed contracted with surprising strength, propelling him forward in an instant.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjj4K1uFab
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His long hand grabbed the end of the rifle's barrel before the man could react.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2zefbclgl
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The metal was cold, very cold, like ice burning his skin.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jG6xXRftT
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrZa34Zw86
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He twisted the barrel aside, away from his chest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR4WF9OXu2
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His other hand formed a fist and swung it at the man's face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Da0xDGtV
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The punch landed.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ01kgZdzR6
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His knuckles struck the man's cheekbone with a dull thud.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPssmsk45t1
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Voltase felt the hard impact in his hand, pain spreading like waves from his knuckles to his wrist.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kr9RMqCCC
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But there was a primal satisfaction that his punch had connected.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyQIBjBvbC
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6yMJxNYL2
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The man stumbled back, his arm bending, but he didn't fall.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxKC7St0fp
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His head snapped to the side, and from the corner of his mouth, a drop of blood began to flow.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo3UQFNvg2
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He raised his hand to his face, touched his lip, looked at the blood on his fingertip.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMfqbHsNH7
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Then he looked at Voltase with changed eyes.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtmN9lpNBk
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Suspicion transformed into burning anger.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQdFcFng2D
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With reflexes faster than they looked, he blocked Voltase's attack with his forearm.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtowUq2Hxr9
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His other hand grabbed Voltase's collar and pulled him forward.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeo19hRGdA
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At the same time, he bent his right knee and kicked forward.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT37XnJRW9
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The knee struck Voltase's stomach, and the pain exploded in his solar plexus like a bomb.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH1ZXO64UU
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUGGtXykxS
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ4fz9MQoP
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvskiWjMWX
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He tasted metal on his tongue because he had bitten his own tongue from the impact.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcwpqouQpf
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Fresh blood began to flow in his mouth, mixing with the bile.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGEi3geLPQ
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But Voltase didn't fall.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GdwyNknsV
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsYwjzdSaH
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His long legs planted in the bloody soil as he held his ground.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1NoRzAh3Z
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His abdominal muscles hard, trained muscles absorbed part of the kick's impact.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlalSVB807y
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Despite the overwhelming pain, he was still standing.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDVeTeeQ7l
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With clenched teeth, enduring the pain gnawing at his stomach like burning fire, he launched a counterattack.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5JqK7k0fj
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His foot with the heavy boot and hard sole swung toward the man's shin.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIfVSchYYu
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He swung his leg with all his strength.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShlDbz3nex
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The kick landed with a harder thud than before.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulA6rARx2G
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The man stumbled, losing balance.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmSjtjJIrq
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMhtHc6sfT
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Voltase seized the moment.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFuPWToHQJ
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He twisted his body, pulling the rifle barrel with all his strength.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl9i0gJW5q
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The wood and metal an object weighing nearly four kilograms tore from the man's grip.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBnEVv901N
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYmlT4x3fx
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Now, without weapons, they faced each other equally.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYd1DiRg39
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQnKnhE4pf
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsaPEBXry6
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They fought wildly punches, kicks, elbows, and knees in the middle of the sea of corpses.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN28BObyh2
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Dust and dried flesh scraps flew around them every time they stepped on or fell into the piles of bodies.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4bRaufpdY
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Voltase felt blood. both the corpses' blood and his own covering his face.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5C1aZwawmq
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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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3bWCI1uU5
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This isn't me, he thought between punches, but his thoughts were fragmented by pain and exhaustion.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4t2Fx7CLc
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