My Name is Three (Chapter 21)

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--Vocal recording 40267--Cell 859--

21:45pm

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"I feel weird. Not pregnant-weird, just... weird. Bad. Like my head's filled with... cotton wool or something. It goes away a bit if I close my eyes and lie back, but otherwise..."

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"I hate it. I hate how it's like... I can't think straight. Like, some days, to pass the time, I do sums in my head, add up and add up, see how far l can get before I'd have to write down something. It actually helps. Today, though... I can't even get a proper start. It's like the numbers just sort of fade away."

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"I've forgotten so many things. I've forgotten what the wind sounds like. I've forgotten what rain feels like. The shape of clouds. The colour of Eight's eyes. I've forgotten what my face properly looks like. There isn't a mirror in here."

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[voice rising gradually] "I hate it in here, I hate it in here, I hate it in here, I HATE IT IN HERE!!"

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"I remember where I'd got to last time... it was just after... I'd kissed Eight, wasn't it?"

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"Well..."

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"I... well..."

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"This is so... personal."

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"And what the fuck's that supposed to mean, "that's not important"?"

Are you perverts, or something? Why do I have to describe what happened?

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"No."

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"No."

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"No."

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"No."

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"No."

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"No... you can't... you couldn't do that. They wouldn't let them."

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"No... please... It's... she's my baby. Please... I'll tell you about what happened."

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"Fine, fine, fine. Fine."

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"I kissed him, and..."

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"I... because. Just because... I can't explain it. You know... I... I can't."

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"Anyway, I did that, and... he sort of kissed me, for a moment, and then he kind of... moved back."

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"I remember how... shocked he looked. How surprised. And he, he said,

"What was that about? What are you doing?"

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⏰ Last updated: May 04, 2010 ⏰

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