CHAPTER 44

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It was self-defense

He was unstable

He was dangerous

You were just a child

How are you feeling?

Are you okay?

Do you want to talk about it?

Do you need a moment?

You don't have to say anything if you don't want to

You are safe here

No one will hurt you

No one will hurt the people you care about

No one will leave you

What do you need?

What do you want?

Why do you feel that way?

Why did you do it?










Different people, the same voice

Different walls, same room

Different methods, the same result

Different

Same

Boring. Redundant. Tedious

A pattern. A rhythm. The beating sound of a living heart. Flowering blooming, newborns birthed, the living dying--an unending cycle

Life is an obsession. It is insanity. To expect change from a continuous cycle is insanity. Freedom exists in neither life nor death, only within the desperate, believing to be deviant among like minds. They believe to have escaped as many other people before they have, only to enclose themself inside another cage

Thus, another cycle begins

So what was the point?

What's the point of mentioning this vague concept of life?

There wasn't any

"Hello, Jennie"

Pale, dull, brown eyes. Round spectacles. A firm, protruding nose. A beard beginning to gray. Old, but not so wrinkly. Another therapist

"Do you remember me? You've seen me before with your friend, Jisoo"

I stared at him

He smiled at me

"Well, that's alright," he said as he clicked and unclicked his pen. "You're almost ten, correct?"

I blinked

"Yes? Almost a month from now and you" he flicked his pen at me, "You'll become a two-digit number. Exciting, isn't it?"

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