The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.63Please respect copyright.PENANA2VEGKvIv9M
63Please respect copyright.PENANAlF4zuRY06M
"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAnuOENxCE0i
63Please respect copyright.PENANAcPMxeVBn3P
A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.63Please respect copyright.PENANAW7oFoQS2Vl
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.63Please respect copyright.PENANA6brYjIAxKD
Was it himself? A residue?63Please respect copyright.PENANATvabpmeVUB
Or a ghost never chosen?63Please respect copyright.PENANA5k1CW8NVLY
63Please respect copyright.PENANAVWG2VlqYiE
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.63Please respect copyright.PENANAXN96BD3nNe
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."63Please respect copyright.PENANAN1AoDz5C4x
63Please respect copyright.PENANAZYIv2jZPzw
From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.63Please respect copyright.PENANAvD2EgWDFuR
63Please respect copyright.PENANAKN9FtlfUqn
"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"63Please respect copyright.PENANArkdPqS6QhG
63Please respect copyright.PENANAVtoe8LysTe
He gave no answer.63Please respect copyright.PENANA5knxKhTlZE
63Please respect copyright.PENANAcD8vCKUAMg
The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.63Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2E1DHuDYn
The posture was his, the scars too.63Please respect copyright.PENANAZTM34kDj5d
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.63Please respect copyright.PENANAMqM2tE16eT
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.63Please respect copyright.PENANASB2iJ5UK6S
63Please respect copyright.PENANAivDTKWrFrp
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAutF8Aldwfo
The voice pressed closer.63Please respect copyright.PENANA123npI0H3w
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."63Please respect copyright.PENANA0HQZpH5jUx
63Please respect copyright.PENANAXzkjTReyRZ
He turned away.63Please respect copyright.PENANAPLFUGz5fQl
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.63Please respect copyright.PENANA0itGG1pRp2
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.63Please respect copyright.PENANAe4oh4mYBpB
63Please respect copyright.PENANAremKNxrLBu
"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.63Please respect copyright.PENANArK3oo6BCq3
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."63Please respect copyright.PENANA3YNWI9rT0S
63Please respect copyright.PENANAOmjeE5rdV9
"Then—choose."63Please respect copyright.PENANAwAJHK9XmHM
63Please respect copyright.PENANATxvsT4wyHC
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.63Please respect copyright.PENANA9uKfxNM4uS
He didn't look back.63Please respect copyright.PENANAjOiOndGf3I
He knew nothing would be there.63Please respect copyright.PENANALxXNbXBSpO
And yet, he heard it.63Please respect copyright.PENANA53fp4kJlym
63Please respect copyright.PENANAm4Ij3Lb2sc
"Choose which one of you will remain."63Please respect copyright.PENANAuDGFjFbCrm
63Please respect copyright.PENANA2okgBK25U3
He clenched his fists.63Please respect copyright.PENANAumC7SJ0LxT
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,63Please respect copyright.PENANAMY8rBCquk4
Too real to abandon,63Please respect copyright.PENANASjDOSJEjtQ
Too entangled to claim.63Please respect copyright.PENANAc897CKXgjS
63Please respect copyright.PENANAEcvMBfZE7o
"What if I don't want to be either?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAgEDwtgVEDf
He asked the air, voice hoarse.63Please respect copyright.PENANA5uyRxg7GsW
63Please respect copyright.PENANAhAYXdeICVb
"Then become—63Please respect copyright.PENANAF2l9CvkNAj
the memory that survived the collapse."63Please respect copyright.PENANA6tBGSTP6Uj
63Please respect copyright.PENANAy6LnQYxgPd
The mirror cracked.63Please respect copyright.PENANAb0HilKerOC
63Please respect copyright.PENANA1dk2ZoAlIK
Not from pressure.63Please respect copyright.PENANAc4BHzh9n08
Not from sound.63Please respect copyright.PENANAXCe3HdfPaf
63Please respect copyright.PENANAS6BJVDkBnN
But from time.63Please respect copyright.PENANArY5uOY1284
63Please respect copyright.PENANATWwHlqbpHA
As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:63Please respect copyright.PENANA66mZkfL8ba
They had never truly been separate.63Please respect copyright.PENANAQptdLo0xed
And now, they could never fully merge.63Please respect copyright.PENANA6KasmLnLBE
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They could only—63Please respect copyright.PENANAEXcAMMqSHz
63Please respect copyright.PENANAbZGPKfnW3u
Overlay.63Please respect copyright.PENANAgE3BhokSIf
Fracture.63Please respect copyright.PENANAJquf3fLA9w
Echo.63Please respect copyright.PENANAgS8Yhw7rr5
63Please respect copyright.PENANA0aVzscEJIB
63Please respect copyright.PENANAbTR5jdKiXg
---63Please respect copyright.PENANAeAthwlDBfU
63Please respect copyright.PENANAeJ5y2haNud
Reflections That Do Not Return63Please respect copyright.PENANAVOeWIUSzIs
63Please respect copyright.PENANA2kPzC45xws
When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.63Please respect copyright.PENANAKB7UuKBAUr
63Please respect copyright.PENANAjprUN97az9
Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—63Please respect copyright.PENANAkoDJvLuo9v
A different version of himself emerged:63Please respect copyright.PENANArON5J5hCY0
Some young, some aged.63Please respect copyright.PENANAUEgNd7Xutb
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.63Please respect copyright.PENANAi6eDoqH14t
63Please respect copyright.PENANA0ebvZDLLG9
"Are these… all me?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAxwHruLUEfn
63Please respect copyright.PENANA9URFcs8Rjw
His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,63Please respect copyright.PENANAbGJihSUDdh
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?63Please respect copyright.PENANAyTiAt0MbfY
63Please respect copyright.PENANAiuCBYIcylt
A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.63Please respect copyright.PENANAnfpY6QFVCM
But it reflected not the room—63Please respect copyright.PENANACpLN6YCxlz
63Please respect copyright.PENANAY9BvE0qIlw
It reflected time:63Please respect copyright.PENANAs2FTndStwW
63Please respect copyright.PENANAFzx449wsj2
A Friday dusk,63Please respect copyright.PENANAOfajSBXzqf
A Tuesday's echo,63Please respect copyright.PENANANgvhREJcp2
The moment the cross appeared,63Please respect copyright.PENANAIlHFnv2T2W
And the last turn of her figure.63Please respect copyright.PENANAJJFpfUFgqQ
63Please respect copyright.PENANAZgRrjU558J
"You didn't choose an identity,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAc7u1yiehzn
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.63Please respect copyright.PENANAZKSe1zJsaB
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,63Please respect copyright.PENANAHZ0nZLhjl9
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.63Please respect copyright.PENANAP8ZNCmmqIk
63Please respect copyright.PENANAlpaBVolkTd
"You chose the version of yourself—63Please respect copyright.PENANAQFatqyv1wF
that could survive."63Please respect copyright.PENANAuOqaRwEMiZ
63Please respect copyright.PENANAxvrNeSjPhB
He stared at the fragments.63Please respect copyright.PENANAxUWDXDTop4
Each one, a future with no return.63Please respect copyright.PENANAXoDdbJpYkS
63Please respect copyright.PENANAFbVLeQmlbi
"And what if… I choose nothing?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAKwjdcIqd1G
He asked, barely audible.63Please respect copyright.PENANA3WjdFumJrq
63Please respect copyright.PENANAmO6wwi2eVd
"Then you'll be trapped—63Please respect copyright.PENANA5ToqZTEEHB
within this fracture,63Please respect copyright.PENANAqqyPnzZxcc
until the next cycle calls you back."63Please respect copyright.PENANA2vCzGEIgw0
63Please respect copyright.PENANA62PY7A9SYx
Silence again.63Please respect copyright.PENANAj7bapzX232
63Please respect copyright.PENANAfRAu2h4B4f
Then he whispered:63Please respect copyright.PENANAkUF72Mwhnf
63Please respect copyright.PENANAR95fmyoFhi
"I don't want to wake up again…63Please respect copyright.PENANAeSN7BNqmhT
if waking means forgetting her."63Please respect copyright.PENANArZLjb7gGKU
63Please respect copyright.PENANAlgvXqCGFcN
The mirror flickered.63Please respect copyright.PENANAxyBgXC3sLK
63Please respect copyright.PENANA8IXZ6e8fFE
Memories surfaced, playing on their own—63Please respect copyright.PENANAByijTOYDxC
63Please respect copyright.PENANAojk0j5qVn1
"You'll forget what I said,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAbwzJHZ7jw5
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…63Please respect copyright.PENANAP9lcx446u2
and that I never left."63Please respect copyright.PENANAgzZH8Tt2RU
63Please respect copyright.PENANAUUuYp63UXV
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.63Please respect copyright.PENANAtwPKoBAHB9
The eternity hidden within Friday.63Please respect copyright.PENANAN9QH1VXaiR
63Please respect copyright.PENANAzgaoLx2fqI
No ticking clock,63Please respect copyright.PENANAm5IKGBSSm3
No urgency.63Please respect copyright.PENANAvjv4TO48AA
63Please respect copyright.PENANAsrSPmJ4Xkt
Only breath—63Please respect copyright.PENANAt7pUnVPPTR
And something deeper still:63Please respect copyright.PENANAATeL5NmX4h
The echo of his own heartbeat,63Please respect copyright.PENANA27wnfINeFc
splintering across time.63Please respect copyright.PENANAvsxYPVabM8
63Please respect copyright.PENANAS3ezLKY2OA
A single crack stretched across the floor,63Please respect copyright.PENANAT0hgmfNs7s
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.63Please respect copyright.PENANA4UXUYrDTil
63Please respect copyright.PENANA4fDO1cvk28
One wrong step,63Please respect copyright.PENANAQbMtgIMB8N
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.63Please respect copyright.PENANAR7QHTJhSJZ
63Please respect copyright.PENANA28KD4B0twf
He knelt and picked up a shard.63Please respect copyright.PENANAybAryXQjRy
Its surface stirred memory—63Please respect copyright.PENANAM6WK4njWRm
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.63Please respect copyright.PENANAN0ZYKYlgOq
63Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ4xPeZ7oX
"He said he'd come back… He promised."63Please respect copyright.PENANAL4dIcfHFXn
63Please respect copyright.PENANAAzyASXU07v
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—63Please respect copyright.PENANAy0W95TIvSz
Young, certain, full of hope.63Please respect copyright.PENANAhTu1pjTwE8
63Please respect copyright.PENANAV8Y9F5YHrz
Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,63Please respect copyright.PENANAEkqKNrI5AA
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.63Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2zF64uRxn
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:63Please respect copyright.PENANAihkw6WoyIL
2025.2.19 // 28:0163Please respect copyright.PENANAK54T0FKs2C
63Please respect copyright.PENANA2BteqK2FHf
She whispered—63Please respect copyright.PENANArZB33Za7wV
63Please respect copyright.PENANAUpcZCCgLEL
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.63Please respect copyright.PENANACyOm712pVs
It's meant—for choosing."63Please respect copyright.PENANAiSv2WJlgJ5
63Please respect copyright.PENANA6B9rmjQiGj
Something within him stirred—63Please respect copyright.PENANAzp21sqOAwJ
First gentle,63Please respect copyright.PENANAfT73Q4U1n6
Then forceful,63Please respect copyright.PENANAa4fuzyjZio
Almost irresistible.63Please respect copyright.PENANAfnbAveCbPc
63Please respect copyright.PENANAzWcK7uzoHt
A pull born of her voice,63Please respect copyright.PENANAqjKgIdd9Vl
Of her silence,63Please respect copyright.PENANA2MB9cLjsdM
Of every name forgotten by time.63Please respect copyright.PENANA6HVAc6oHt1
63Please respect copyright.PENANAdzGB9tZYjO
"Then… how do I choose?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAvrCzLDdaJI
He asked not the mirror now,63Please respect copyright.PENANAJqkNBOYHPQ
But the entire world.63Please respect copyright.PENANAa6jh4s87Ce
63Please respect copyright.PENANAku492fk3mj
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,63Please respect copyright.PENANAPnB1DI31OS
"was never the answer—63Please respect copyright.PENANATR8NsCZW10
only the cost."63Please respect copyright.PENANAkhJVgFfzpc
63Please respect copyright.PENANAJlphKCHLp4
He opened his eyes.63Please respect copyright.PENANAnGlHUimxPU
63Please respect copyright.PENANAe8r1Vl1PiV
The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—63Please respect copyright.PENANAl8vaHNPno6
An ending already written,63Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6wLiF6eCo
Yet never spoken.63Please respect copyright.PENANAzKC34e4oAN
63Please respect copyright.PENANAwwDIsjghXS
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---63Please respect copyright.PENANAtWQoZAzZvr
63Please respect copyright.PENANAFQprSUpPc3
You Remember Too Much63Please respect copyright.PENANAasajGa2ciX
63Please respect copyright.PENANAZPkaUGS3fJ
"You remember too much," the voice murmured,63Please respect copyright.PENANA5QA6J5BIgo
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.63Please respect copyright.PENANAcbeVUbbqzb
So now, only one question remains:63Please respect copyright.PENANAZep4j4ewzs
63Please respect copyright.PENANAopAQBSPJ5l
Who will you remain for?"63Please respect copyright.PENANAqHl19fTkpN
63Please respect copyright.PENANACIBX9beGQJ
"You've always remembered,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAI3iOGymOx0
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.63Please respect copyright.PENANAf71a1eBHqj
63Please respect copyright.PENANA17XSmdpffl
"You just didn't want to admit it."63Please respect copyright.PENANAHuMtYc2kNi
63Please respect copyright.PENANALReBBNkfoC
"And you've never truly let go,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAQeiYP7vCGK
Li An-Qing's voice followed,63Please respect copyright.PENANAXmodcaZyGn
Like light after the rain.63Please respect copyright.PENANAQxR2YgZhDT
63Please respect copyright.PENANA6Z1QtMfoXP
"Because you know—63Please respect copyright.PENANAomN3oTcTVD
this was never yours to end."63Please respect copyright.PENANAMEPnvqM5rl
63Please respect copyright.PENANAx1THzHormW
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.63Please respect copyright.PENANA6FPfgwy2ke
63Please respect copyright.PENANAQXrpW5umGp
Behind him—wreckage of the past.63Please respect copyright.PENANA73Coyb0Vdu
Before him—a nameless exit.63Please respect copyright.PENANA3y0pyj0dDQ
63Please respect copyright.PENANAqIQmD18lJn
"If I can't become him…63Please respect copyright.PENANAHmbu2RJMcp
and I can't just be myself…63Please respect copyright.PENANAzO3JQMJAVn
what is left of me?"63Please respect copyright.PENANA8SD3HV0CIg
63Please respect copyright.PENANAg1L3BKa1x6
"Memory," they said in unison.63Please respect copyright.PENANANRx1QG2WHA
63Please respect copyright.PENANAZwXgMW2Agp
Not names.63Please respect copyright.PENANAQG02HuY0zH
Not roles.63Please respect copyright.PENANAfVEIiwMNnw
But something heavier—63Please respect copyright.PENANAfm0raNpZrF
A will strong enough to pierce time.63Please respect copyright.PENANAifWT9AzkMf
63Please respect copyright.PENANAfrWORduTq6
If names fade, let them.63Please respect copyright.PENANAaPO6uYbaVu
If roles collapse, stop defining them.63Please respect copyright.PENANA9efRLGgUPi
63Please respect copyright.PENANAfpcvMMGU8x
"You don't need a name,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAbzDdTu2BQB
Yang An-Ting whispered.63Please respect copyright.PENANAYyqr7kMi2E
"Because now—you remember us."63Please respect copyright.PENANAtXllmT7JRE
63Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hv51kOUgG
"You only need to keep walking,"63Please respect copyright.PENANAyS9Bwo6gvf
Li An-Qing said next.63Please respect copyright.PENANAJx9YyzRE5I
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."63Please respect copyright.PENANAVJZMopevF6
63Please respect copyright.PENANA43RMg7H4ZB
The fractures began to close—63Please respect copyright.PENANAe3GpJHvLLp
Not as an end,63Please respect copyright.PENANAJPy4rF6qsy
But as a silent reformation.63Please respect copyright.PENANAFUvvPBUKns
63Please respect copyright.PENANAQom6V76uE5
Shattered timelines intertwined,63Please respect copyright.PENANAbpjfsnddRy
Forming a new path—63Please respect copyright.PENANAIbm8HXETGd
Free of judgment,63Please respect copyright.PENANAhLoogY2YAx
Free of labels,63Please respect copyright.PENANANE2FdUyUv0
Free of the need to look back.63Please respect copyright.PENANADLzHaRKrLq
63Please respect copyright.PENANAngC2yqrckh
It was—63Please respect copyright.PENANAIHXxBt0mIP
63Please respect copyright.PENANAe2YeTnDKL7
The third way.63Please respect copyright.PENANAuDkkGSxm93
63Please respect copyright.PENANAuwaufYBeZd
Not return.63Please respect copyright.PENANAL3hzf6Ryaa
Not repetition.63Please respect copyright.PENANA4jyUsDqUad
63Please respect copyright.PENANAnmKagM2yE9
But—63Please respect copyright.PENANA5irJtzXGVu
63Please respect copyright.PENANAjLLfIrTDWy
A future with no name.