“This world is demented. It’s screwy. It’s wrong. Why was I born here?”645Please respect copyright.PENANANgBxmo6UjZ
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“Everyone is hidden by a mask that hides their real faces, their real souls. Everything is not as it seems, just like a fogged up mirror. The world is what you make it, as the old saying goes. That saying is wrong.”645Please respect copyright.PENANA0D7tGBdusq
“The world is what the people all together make it out to be. The world is a busted mirror, broken due to the sin man inflicts upon the world. One man can see happiness in the world’s mirror, the other man, sadness, and death. The people of this world make the world, each a shard of glass falling from the mirror’s frame. Everyone is different, and just like a broken mirror, not everyone is as they seem.”645Please respect copyright.PENANAwIdTUaYwoo
“The world is a parallax, a busted mirror with shards piercing my face, making it bleed my emotions out.”645Please respect copyright.PENANAd7u35W4C7o
Apathy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAWmj5lAKoTR
A disturbance and invisible existence in nature. An existence that neither helps or stalls life’s movements, for it believes in nothing.645Please respect copyright.PENANA46NlH9CsU6
A young boy stands alone in a classroom surrounded by faces that he could not see clearly, they all looked like nothing. The chattering of young children always grew a headache for the young boy, it made him wish that he could not hear.645Please respect copyright.PENANAFT5nUoF41c
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Trust. Faith. Happiness. Love.645Please respect copyright.PENANAdG55N8fJ4L
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The young boy often said that he would rather die than be affiliated with anyone. He hated the sounds of hearts attached to each other being cut by lies that everyone carried. He didn’t like the sound of crying and breaking that he could hear from inside people’s souls. It made him want to die.645Please respect copyright.PENANAMvrSzdBZrY
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What didn’t make to boy want to die?645Please respect copyright.PENANAIk2f4SqPOY
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He found so much nonsense and confusion, such hatred and sorrow, it made him want to die.645Please respect copyright.PENANAVdzPrsSytA
What didn’t make to boy want to die? He found so much nonsense and confusion, such hatred and sorrow, it made him ache.645Please respect copyright.PENANA0M1vG4ZBcB
Due to his apathy, he was then only one able to see such things come towards others. He always thought to himself that the people that cared weren’t stupid, just reckless. Caring always confused him, and he would think about it, only to soon give up due to his lack of interest.645Please respect copyright.PENANACCywMJ8JCP
The boy lived apathetically, he was content this way.645Please respect copyright.PENANAZjLsrTcliD
He felt that he was doing to the world a favor.645Please respect copyright.PENANAeAvZU0OG4D
“One less heart destroying what everyone else strives for.”645Please respect copyright.PENANACXADs3lUfk
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It was a cold and dreary day, just like any other in the Town With No Name. Rain fell like tears, the tears of a broken heart, cutting deep into those who were in it.645Please respect copyright.PENANAwmcS5Vftgx
Grey was a mundane and over-worn color of the town and the sky, but nothing else was ever expected, if anything was ever expected.645Please respect copyright.PENANAT5eJ991Tio
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The only things expected in the Town With No Name were screams of agony, life-taking illness, endless murder, unexpected suicide, horrific abortion, broken families, abusive slavery and many other things that made the town’s streets often go red. Not every child was apathetic like the young boy, but often even they didn’t they seem any different.645Please respect copyright.PENANA5c4tMrs3C6
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To conform was to stay alive, dreaming was a ticket to quick death.645Please respect copyright.PENANA0g3tegr1Z0
People cared, but it was often rare to see self-sacrifice or love.645Please respect copyright.PENANAFbQtsILLOD
True love was a myth, just like the concept of angels or a being who created the world. The only concepts of love that anyone knew of was purely physical, and often then the concept of love fell to pieces.645Please respect copyright.PENANA61xgFA2mmC
To be apathetic was to be wiser than the conformists, and the boy knew this as truth.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmwZJjDzrLy
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The young boy entered a park filled with untamed shrubbery, tall grass, dead flowers, a moldy swing set, and a bench. He looked at the rusted cast-iron fence where some had disappeared through time, making a large entrance to a field where puddles of glass-like rain mixed with mud, and trash was everywhere in the grass.645Please respect copyright.PENANAVrmUv4uBiz
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“This place is such a wreck...” began the boy, looking at the trashy scenery through dreary red eyes.645Please respect copyright.PENANAovVEotbqgy
“What does it matter anyway?” spoke the boy again, yawning.645Please respect copyright.PENANARgkcf2gZ7B
He was exhausted, not from school, but schooling. His teacher was strict and as dull as a doorknob, but fortunately for the boy, he was to get a new teacher in a month.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmLuYiJ6xoh
Maybe then it would be easier for him to take naps in class.645Please respect copyright.PENANATDun9HK2NK
Sniffling came from the ground, shutting off all thoughts the boy's flowing thoughts from his mind.645Please respect copyright.PENANApr1s0gzx06
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He looked to the ground.645Please respect copyright.PENANA9RuFYkaufs
A young girl around his age sat in the mud, holding her right arm to her chest, her wet and short brown hair flowing in the leafy and rainy wind.645Please respect copyright.PENANATIJoLczh4n
Big, crystal-like tears rolled off of her round cheeks, her eyes mirroring an emotion that the young boy could not read. Her big, blue eyes held fear and panic which danced around inside of them.645Please respect copyright.PENANAqCuH3lKLfm
However, despite all of this, something else was displayed inside of her eyes, something that was being torn apart by the negative emotions but still fought with all of its might.645Please respect copyright.PENANAMINkhqhtlW
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The young boy looked at the beautiful young girl, confused.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmOXtBEWSvZ
′Why is she here? Why is she crying?′ thought the boy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAVfOvqPzIGO
A cold wind swept through the boy’s hair.645Please respect copyright.PENANA79lyayrd8K
A ghost-like figure rushed gently past him, towards the young girl.645Please respect copyright.PENANAPIBLrdxDdu
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“You shouldn’t be crying in the rain alone...you promised never to do that ever, did you not?” said the voice of the ghost, his voice gentle, like the elegant fall of the present autumn leaves.645Please respect copyright.PENANAScdHY80WOb
He bent towards the girl, who looked at him with surprise on her face.645Please respect copyright.PENANAlYg4kfUua9
“Please, let me help you for once.” said the ghost, holding out his hand.645Please respect copyright.PENANArYb8WuPkom
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The girl looked at the ghost boy’s hand, slowly lifting her own hand to his.645Please respect copyright.PENANAGn3lQPs1rn
He looked at her hand. A cut spread across her palm, dark blood, and water flowing from the wound.645Please respect copyright.PENANAtsT2dvWLGy
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“You were trying to get some roses, but you fell and cut yourself on the rocks, where you also twisted your leg, correct?” asked the ghost-like boy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAXf5E103vrK
The girl nodded, trying to hide the tears that she had cried.645Please respect copyright.PENANAqJgSNV6kxu
The ghost-like boy took his free hand and wiped away her tears.645Please respect copyright.PENANAyvlTYGDo6h
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“You promised. No more crying alone.”645Please respect copyright.PENANA6JEwtlMbMr
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She nodded.645Please respect copyright.PENANATkxmR53Yvm
The ghost-like boy tore a strip off of his coat and placed a strange plant on the girl’s hand. He took the strip and wrapped her hand in it. “This should do until you go home,” he began.645Please respect copyright.PENANAy98RVbXbjK
“When you get home, use the herb as a cleanser with some water. Ask your mother to bandage your hand afterward. Understood?”645Please respect copyright.PENANAxc72vxLNu7
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The girl nodded, and as she did, a small smile grew upon her pale face.645Please respect copyright.PENANAOaHeCAed0H
“Well, let’s look for a rose, then I suggest heading home. I’ve been hearing that a big storm is coming this evening.” spoke the ghost again, smiling.645Please respect copyright.PENANAfxMsXx1aRu
The girl nodded, not making a noise. The ghost-like boy helped her up and he walked with her to the roses, the only living resident of the small park.645Please respect copyright.PENANAaMrXyKJQrj
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The young boy watched the two. He had seen acts of kindness before, but none like this one. This act of kindness was different, like some sort of regret followed the ghost-like boy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAl7QkzWz4XB
The ghost boy talked like he had known the girl for a long period of time, but coming from the look in the girl’s eyes, it was like she had never met him.645Please respect copyright.PENANA3qQBBDuhPs
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Normally, the young boy would have taken his leave just as the ghost appeared, but this time, something kept him watching the kindness. Something stirred in him, something made him interested in the present act of kindness.645Please respect copyright.PENANAWddHLnGAYg
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The ghost pointed to a rose that was full of a color that would remind anyone of an untouched ocean, clear and beautiful.645Please respect copyright.PENANAAXkcMwkoKu
“How about this rose?” asked the ghost.645Please respect copyright.PENANA5zZpWgmQY4
The girl nodded.645Please respect copyright.PENANAzob26zsYm9
“All you need to do is clap, then the rose will fall from grasp.”645Please respect copyright.PENANAr1ajqjP0cj
The girl nodded. She clapped three times, and the rose fell into her hands. She looked at the ghost, amazed.645Please respect copyright.PENANAUUGPQpxNvS
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“The rose realized that you are special,” said the ghost, smiling softly. “Now, shall we get you to your mother?” The girl nodded, smiling back at the ghost.645Please respect copyright.PENANAx2ho6GDWnf
The young boy followed the ghost, the girl resting on his back, due to her twisted leg.645Please respect copyright.PENANACriCrYLKut
They walked down a stone-paved road where old houses resided on the left and right side, with a train track intersected like a bridge from the left to the right.645Please respect copyright.PENANA7hhqkJ3J7Z
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‘Why am I following them?’ thought the young boy. ‘I’m not supposed to be here...’645Please respect copyright.PENANAtn2FNvHNrG
The ghost let the girl down from his back.645Please respect copyright.PENANAUXgBalj7Ao
“Tell your mother I say hello, alright?” said the ghost. The girl nodded, hugging the ghost-like boy unexpectedly.645Please respect copyright.PENANAGwRU3MpvLT
“Goodbye for now, Hidari,” said the ghost. A smile shone on his face, but his eyes and voice cried out in sorrow.645Please respect copyright.PENANAuUCoLaQNJQ
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The girl ran off, leaving only the young boy and the ghost in the autumn rain.645Please respect copyright.PENANAcdBSMpnHx4
’Maybe I can leave quietly, and I won’t be noticed....′ thought the boy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAIsx6c6wlGI
“You know, I did notice you,” said the ghost, making the boy jump.645Please respect copyright.PENANAgb6GN7LpJY
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The young boy’s eyes met the ghost’s.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmpUtPbCeCE
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The ghost-like boy’s left eye was of a beautiful golden color, just like the sun that never shone, but was read about in old books. The ghost’s right eye was covered by an eye patch that bore a strange pattern on it.645Please respect copyright.PENANABdlexMIG55
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“I know that you don’t care about anything and you don’t want to be part of anything, but could you keep a secret?” asked the ghost.645Please respect copyright.PENANADMaKrqZxv8
“Sure...whatever,” replied the boy.645Please respect copyright.PENANAuHaJulIe0u
“Don’t ever tell that girl that you knew me before tomorrow, alright?”645Please respect copyright.PENANAjl50tA83Xx
“Sure. I won’t tell.”645Please respect copyright.PENANAjuLyIFliFh
“Thank you. And I’m sorry, Migi. Very sorry.”645Please respect copyright.PENANAKWzaRAgXWE
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The boy looked at the ghost, his long, red hair and scarf flowing in the rainy breeze. The boy was surprised that the ghost knew his name.645Please respect copyright.PENANADY02s05m0T
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The boy, Migi, tried to see what the ghost was thinking by looking into his eyes, but before he was able to, a train drove down the tracks, and once it left, not even a trace of the ghost’s existence was to be seen.645Please respect copyright.PENANAztdN1XTWzD
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