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"I'm running low on supplies."
This search has been fruitless since the beginning. All the possible leads that I had have dried up.
"What am I doing?"
I keep realizing every day that I think like my past ally's.
"God... Why do I keep saying that? I don't believe in a god."
I need to get myself together.
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Miss me?
"Stay the fuck out of my head."
You know you can't escape me, I'm you.
"If you're me, then you know when to piss off."
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Good, he's gone.
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"A walk should clear my head."
Without much to do but wait until my next lead to hopelessly chase after, I gather the few things I have to my name and pace out into the street.
*Crunch. Crunch. Crunch*
"Nothing, but gravel."
I keep telling myself to stop complaining, but I know I've lived in a place better than this hellhole.
*Sigh*
"What is keeping me going?"
I haven't thought of that question in a long time, but now I can't get it out of my head
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"What is keeping me going?"
I never gave it any though. I guess the near constant adrenaline rush from trying not to die kept my mind away from these questions.
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Isn't this where my will to live defines itself?
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"Come one self-conscious. What am I living for?"
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I look up to the stars above, but they hold more questions than answers.
"I... Never knew how the sky looked."
It's truly breathtaking. The stars look so bright, so plentiful, so... Content.
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A part of me claws at my mind saying "if only it could last"
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It will last.
Maybe not forever, but longer than I will know
"2 years and only now I see this."
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"Hehe...."
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"Hehehehe..."
I laugh.
I laugh uncontrollably.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I can feel tears running down my face.
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They're not happy tears
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I know this could get me killed. I know that this is the worst possible thing to do in the middle of the night.
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But I don't care.
"Hehe...... God, you are pathetic Echo..."
I take in the night sky. This is the most real I have felt in so long.
"Maybe I do have a reason."
"YOU ARE A DEAD MAN"
"A dead man that has come to terms with himself."
"NO ONE KNOWS YOU'RE ALIVE."
"Every DDTF Kill squad that has come here has a poster with my face and name on it."
"YOU WON'T ESCAPE!"
"I don't need to."
The voices cease in an instant.
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Is this what true silence sounds like?
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*Cha-chink*
Stranger: "I would put my hands in the air if I were you."
Guess I got snuck up on, but they made a fatal mistake.
"Ok. You're the one in power here."
They walked up to me.
Stranger: "Good. Now hand over-"
Without any indication, I swipe their weapon out of their hands and spin to face them.
"Wrong choice."
*BANG*
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The silence is consoling. I feel as though I have only just opened my eyes to the world, I live in.
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"I should get inside."
I might feel free but staying out here is going to get me killed.
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"Keep on moving Echo. You have a reason to."
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