The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.152Please respect copyright.PENANAt6Vfc4RVbY
152Please respect copyright.PENANASDcSOeLvUa
"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAJMNfMyRYSx
152Please respect copyright.PENANAYZP3n5JTmy
A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.152Please respect copyright.PENANAjVyW3njKyU
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.152Please respect copyright.PENANAGFz2FVGcQD
Was it himself? A residue?152Please respect copyright.PENANAdzaajlhB1p
Or a ghost never chosen?152Please respect copyright.PENANAeBxGlxbmcr
152Please respect copyright.PENANAA299HXdpGB
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.152Please respect copyright.PENANA5PjKZlxKBb
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."152Please respect copyright.PENANAwNPCT7T3Xr
152Please respect copyright.PENANAjPA6b54lOm
From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.152Please respect copyright.PENANAHIMLBbzeqE
152Please respect copyright.PENANA9vs8RPDdFL
"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"152Please respect copyright.PENANArcgBc1HCzw
152Please respect copyright.PENANAmsXvBwWcey
He gave no answer.152Please respect copyright.PENANAPVsh2lwS8g
152Please respect copyright.PENANAinhmbLWvjW
The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.152Please respect copyright.PENANAobeJZjU62d
The posture was his, the scars too.152Please respect copyright.PENANALv1QCbmzHN
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.152Please respect copyright.PENANAf23P6QltUP
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.152Please respect copyright.PENANAAP8hiZYdqz
152Please respect copyright.PENANALSaJiYiAcj
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAo8k8pO0ZXr
The voice pressed closer.152Please respect copyright.PENANAP6xqXgHS28
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."152Please respect copyright.PENANAU9gItIUvD0
152Please respect copyright.PENANASNZlIjxEEB
He turned away.152Please respect copyright.PENANAwYyrmBNzIZ
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.152Please respect copyright.PENANASVFREVevT0
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.152Please respect copyright.PENANAAAHLuYEPuL
152Please respect copyright.PENANAxgcdqqqFIS
"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.152Please respect copyright.PENANAUP5l4OR0qU
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."152Please respect copyright.PENANAnzyI4B5CaF
152Please respect copyright.PENANAIKPfvxV1ix
"Then—choose."152Please respect copyright.PENANATtatxao7mj
152Please respect copyright.PENANAhWlt88Nnnw
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.152Please respect copyright.PENANAJa0ngthd7B
He didn't look back.152Please respect copyright.PENANAYja9nreANg
He knew nothing would be there.152Please respect copyright.PENANATm2BCTy2OJ
And yet, he heard it.152Please respect copyright.PENANAfaoWPMCE1y
152Please respect copyright.PENANATJcUBkUY7T
"Choose which one of you will remain."152Please respect copyright.PENANAVK0YRrHRcL
152Please respect copyright.PENANAZEuiWFVjZu
He clenched his fists.152Please respect copyright.PENANAfCMddv2EPE
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,152Please respect copyright.PENANAVVXOB85qOA
Too real to abandon,152Please respect copyright.PENANATSYmPNJWwy
Too entangled to claim.152Please respect copyright.PENANAk4o37Cr9jh
152Please respect copyright.PENANAef8OEgmDHu
"What if I don't want to be either?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAD4c7gPeDQd
He asked the air, voice hoarse.152Please respect copyright.PENANAYgXz4X933N
152Please respect copyright.PENANAhEeS8ObNMh
"Then become—152Please respect copyright.PENANAMjVesW6vmo
the memory that survived the collapse."152Please respect copyright.PENANALuKltkbVJZ
152Please respect copyright.PENANAhClJfCGrlF
The mirror cracked.152Please respect copyright.PENANAJNPExnJDzC
152Please respect copyright.PENANAHExfzL3uor
Not from pressure.152Please respect copyright.PENANAzQnexIKIbU
Not from sound.152Please respect copyright.PENANAtvF2TALnz5
152Please respect copyright.PENANAAGOBsfsGH2
But from time.152Please respect copyright.PENANAM3CphvqVpy
152Please respect copyright.PENANAqrKw46NfAO
As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:152Please respect copyright.PENANAvtKTH7qNMX
They had never truly been separate.152Please respect copyright.PENANAf6qm4mLXru
And now, they could never fully merge.152Please respect copyright.PENANAErR47fy1RC
152Please respect copyright.PENANA3mxpaQVtWf
They could only—152Please respect copyright.PENANAW3JJBxv9kn
152Please respect copyright.PENANAWeWqWRKmso
Overlay.152Please respect copyright.PENANACdmayOtifD
Fracture.152Please respect copyright.PENANAHl7FfhSxfP
Echo.152Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hupxvnp1E
152Please respect copyright.PENANAg97L1GJRKO
152Please respect copyright.PENANAGuYODOHEdl
---152Please respect copyright.PENANA7t9NzPf9oj
152Please respect copyright.PENANA4zEH9pjXu5
Reflections That Do Not Return152Please respect copyright.PENANAlCX54GWhGt
152Please respect copyright.PENANA8tKtAgi5WV
When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.152Please respect copyright.PENANAXIm6oommfR
152Please respect copyright.PENANAdxzf4ssI9K
Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—152Please respect copyright.PENANAb0QUwtoXBl
A different version of himself emerged:152Please respect copyright.PENANAItEtsAPRC6
Some young, some aged.152Please respect copyright.PENANAlVxDGdDio9
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.152Please respect copyright.PENANAVxtdb4L9Ld
152Please respect copyright.PENANAHXfZrrmYpm
"Are these… all me?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAHyEUL2yFY5
152Please respect copyright.PENANA7rHhNp3b5B
His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,152Please respect copyright.PENANAaiZE3VuTPX
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?152Please respect copyright.PENANANeUhuAICbW
152Please respect copyright.PENANAVOsrYFWpVZ
A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.152Please respect copyright.PENANAXZrcA4n7nY
But it reflected not the room—152Please respect copyright.PENANAk4kYp1PxWR
152Please respect copyright.PENANAlim8nwY4kp
It reflected time:152Please respect copyright.PENANAvhLtoTc1Bs
152Please respect copyright.PENANAVcJVySXRVu
A Friday dusk,152Please respect copyright.PENANAwJf96Axt1p
A Tuesday's echo,152Please respect copyright.PENANAREOWCFPPWp
The moment the cross appeared,152Please respect copyright.PENANABmXHH9Ixzx
And the last turn of her figure.152Please respect copyright.PENANA3dbxvkGZYC
152Please respect copyright.PENANALx8HJlAdQy
"You didn't choose an identity,"152Please respect copyright.PENANAQvQK7KV4Qq
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.152Please respect copyright.PENANAVOKYSy2wkP
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,152Please respect copyright.PENANAftvW0XaiIT
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.152Please respect copyright.PENANAjfzXOOQqaO
152Please respect copyright.PENANATRr0IeZ4Nq
"You chose the version of yourself—152Please respect copyright.PENANARsZTYrfajB
that could survive."152Please respect copyright.PENANA1rVnlisikY
152Please respect copyright.PENANAt46qNYU37k
He stared at the fragments.152Please respect copyright.PENANANr7WZPA87s
Each one, a future with no return.152Please respect copyright.PENANAzYusgQZArt
152Please respect copyright.PENANAHRAw4dkWAD
"And what if… I choose nothing?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAwXhpI2Iw5p
He asked, barely audible.152Please respect copyright.PENANANMShAZnnV9
152Please respect copyright.PENANANrFe4UnX50
"Then you'll be trapped—152Please respect copyright.PENANAqz9Cfp2Vvr
within this fracture,152Please respect copyright.PENANABCXzXcpxSh
until the next cycle calls you back."152Please respect copyright.PENANAQjevwLSbsS
152Please respect copyright.PENANAcPiDHtCDy0
Silence again.152Please respect copyright.PENANABt1spjhIZ0
152Please respect copyright.PENANAnOagQcI9xA
Then he whispered:152Please respect copyright.PENANAW0mlfASVOK
152Please respect copyright.PENANAjayz5MzOpx
"I don't want to wake up again…152Please respect copyright.PENANA9otzBgdEBc
if waking means forgetting her."152Please respect copyright.PENANAGveS6RGTYB
152Please respect copyright.PENANAvrHe85W1qc
The mirror flickered.152Please respect copyright.PENANAwS2jKtiGPl
152Please respect copyright.PENANAt7ebh4VmXC
Memories surfaced, playing on their own—152Please respect copyright.PENANAkxUqrJlKIh
152Please respect copyright.PENANAnbceze0O33
"You'll forget what I said,"152Please respect copyright.PENANAFEQO33isa4
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…152Please respect copyright.PENANA5O8KqRRz74
and that I never left."152Please respect copyright.PENANAY91x4bdRld
152Please respect copyright.PENANArfGM0G4XCR
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.152Please respect copyright.PENANAAt4ieqWYmL
The eternity hidden within Friday.152Please respect copyright.PENANA4hSY1pgdFv
152Please respect copyright.PENANAf8fkDpYNto
No ticking clock,152Please respect copyright.PENANAIKIVQ9y96e
No urgency.152Please respect copyright.PENANAbClCOtGuXr
152Please respect copyright.PENANAaNH7tVLOEM
Only breath—152Please respect copyright.PENANAi0V2Eq8H85
And something deeper still:152Please respect copyright.PENANAtplooo3282
The echo of his own heartbeat,152Please respect copyright.PENANAvQMDQPyvWy
splintering across time.152Please respect copyright.PENANAzyJ4pCzxs2
152Please respect copyright.PENANAsc4MiNqOJI
A single crack stretched across the floor,152Please respect copyright.PENANAYZz99iY5P0
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.152Please respect copyright.PENANAay0CFUat8x
152Please respect copyright.PENANAkBmkMKH1vV
One wrong step,152Please respect copyright.PENANAuR8kugoAlj
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.152Please respect copyright.PENANAF1js9TeiPJ
152Please respect copyright.PENANA3e50RdpxfE
He knelt and picked up a shard.152Please respect copyright.PENANA9to9yLj2iI
Its surface stirred memory—152Please respect copyright.PENANAWcsNHoaHGU
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.152Please respect copyright.PENANALitA0KqqGz
152Please respect copyright.PENANAPq3eR1loAp
"He said he'd come back… He promised."152Please respect copyright.PENANAospWUIB57k
152Please respect copyright.PENANAmk7Wqllrqh
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—152Please respect copyright.PENANAK2UVIE7ppn
Young, certain, full of hope.152Please respect copyright.PENANAxLMpvKHcTX
152Please respect copyright.PENANAz9HEn0MsdY
Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,152Please respect copyright.PENANAkJKGjqr1Gf
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.152Please respect copyright.PENANAox3fKe8TUN
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:152Please respect copyright.PENANAvNNRKeLKlf
2025.2.19 // 28:01152Please respect copyright.PENANAINpTvRvzHc
152Please respect copyright.PENANAIoqdZ43DAF
She whispered—152Please respect copyright.PENANAkD5EHuaV0Y
152Please respect copyright.PENANA8fAps376hu
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.152Please respect copyright.PENANAVOnYKSjEBX
It's meant—for choosing."152Please respect copyright.PENANA6ynIms9gN7
152Please respect copyright.PENANAkTrdiiWHdm
Something within him stirred—152Please respect copyright.PENANAqOF56LGDkH
First gentle,152Please respect copyright.PENANAmMoy1pg5m1
Then forceful,152Please respect copyright.PENANAnDlpb8luea
Almost irresistible.152Please respect copyright.PENANAOCKVL5bQpV
152Please respect copyright.PENANAC1cxTPa4SL
A pull born of her voice,152Please respect copyright.PENANAVWqQgHuBOK
Of her silence,152Please respect copyright.PENANAVFICCE3Tsv
Of every name forgotten by time.152Please respect copyright.PENANA8KwtJApXWV
152Please respect copyright.PENANA27v1RUkusJ
"Then… how do I choose?"152Please respect copyright.PENANApCNS0avRUt
He asked not the mirror now,152Please respect copyright.PENANAykx1Ja9N6p
But the entire world.152Please respect copyright.PENANABf4NoDn08k
152Please respect copyright.PENANARqTr2ktVqt
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,152Please respect copyright.PENANAOc4Tyb8P4I
"was never the answer—152Please respect copyright.PENANA2EH3maCgVj
only the cost."152Please respect copyright.PENANABUncppS5Bl
152Please respect copyright.PENANA9CGQ1noT8q
He opened his eyes.152Please respect copyright.PENANAuN7ypynCtF
152Please respect copyright.PENANA876xEx3a9C
The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—152Please respect copyright.PENANAVymWeGNE0Z
An ending already written,152Please respect copyright.PENANAVVWPUcdggk
Yet never spoken.152Please respect copyright.PENANA1kF2kDupRl
152Please respect copyright.PENANAX3i1yEauAy
152Please respect copyright.PENANAsqDdGdB1Dx
---152Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Uf0lcrlt
152Please respect copyright.PENANA88pibq9PAw
You Remember Too Much152Please respect copyright.PENANAsjABEWAnoo
152Please respect copyright.PENANAIK2dBwpjiX
"You remember too much," the voice murmured,152Please respect copyright.PENANAZwhzmwCrpv
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.152Please respect copyright.PENANAVIMCezFt2b
So now, only one question remains:152Please respect copyright.PENANAe5eVFOMaHw
152Please respect copyright.PENANAH72pfhpVJZ
Who will you remain for?"152Please respect copyright.PENANAkJES6AJnYG
152Please respect copyright.PENANAwRUCMnWqTs
"You've always remembered,"152Please respect copyright.PENANA6xOovMIx0w
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.152Please respect copyright.PENANAJUr3hS2lis
152Please respect copyright.PENANAMUeSitaluw
"You just didn't want to admit it."152Please respect copyright.PENANAePRa4uV3w3
152Please respect copyright.PENANADPQFNLT5Al
"And you've never truly let go,"152Please respect copyright.PENANArOWbVScYvn
Li An-Qing's voice followed,152Please respect copyright.PENANAf6FKga1bcR
Like light after the rain.152Please respect copyright.PENANAFRkFX9f97w
152Please respect copyright.PENANAyXXNG8XNzn
"Because you know—152Please respect copyright.PENANAylRQWQIhYF
this was never yours to end."152Please respect copyright.PENANA00lBtg7BY7
152Please respect copyright.PENANAnNoJlJ4bVP
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.152Please respect copyright.PENANAhFltuDDTR1
152Please respect copyright.PENANAdd9vVvUr2Z
Behind him—wreckage of the past.152Please respect copyright.PENANAd16QCoEgZ8
Before him—a nameless exit.152Please respect copyright.PENANARy6nDA0X86
152Please respect copyright.PENANABJL00b8Fgs
"If I can't become him…152Please respect copyright.PENANAEPd0VbfXYj
and I can't just be myself…152Please respect copyright.PENANAnrjqifnjy8
what is left of me?"152Please respect copyright.PENANABshEboBI9V
152Please respect copyright.PENANArsWhoGywo5
"Memory," they said in unison.152Please respect copyright.PENANAD3kaRCbCZV
152Please respect copyright.PENANAB5kFGBfnH5
Not names.152Please respect copyright.PENANAx0oTWPuBAE
Not roles.152Please respect copyright.PENANA2SS0kSmJ6Q
But something heavier—152Please respect copyright.PENANA2KlBpHe63W
A will strong enough to pierce time.152Please respect copyright.PENANAlGoJVLj6gw
152Please respect copyright.PENANASYfAcsxyKQ
If names fade, let them.152Please respect copyright.PENANAm4abaP5Q6w
If roles collapse, stop defining them.152Please respect copyright.PENANANl85DNbdhp
152Please respect copyright.PENANAbc8AUW2jYU
"You don't need a name,"152Please respect copyright.PENANA5iIxaYKvxe
Yang An-Ting whispered.152Please respect copyright.PENANAcnq6uFkb6W
"Because now—you remember us."152Please respect copyright.PENANAQNBRHcotSR
152Please respect copyright.PENANA1R7RHZdojP
"You only need to keep walking,"152Please respect copyright.PENANAnK2oWVNcOh
Li An-Qing said next.152Please respect copyright.PENANAFvB8jM5yjt
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."152Please respect copyright.PENANAzALUU8wKsD
152Please respect copyright.PENANATxQjbpXAd7
The fractures began to close—152Please respect copyright.PENANAAlmaJHKkyO
Not as an end,152Please respect copyright.PENANA6UcFw5rXvl
But as a silent reformation.152Please respect copyright.PENANAztNUr9b8Qx
152Please respect copyright.PENANAWABXodfluz
Shattered timelines intertwined,152Please respect copyright.PENANARCPNwD76aI
Forming a new path—152Please respect copyright.PENANAENZCN69DTF
Free of judgment,152Please respect copyright.PENANABWvRyOmXGF
Free of labels,152Please respect copyright.PENANA98qhFHUS41
Free of the need to look back.152Please respect copyright.PENANAxHk2UtAXGn
152Please respect copyright.PENANAV64PHTIQ8e
It was—152Please respect copyright.PENANA459upT7cTD
152Please respect copyright.PENANAVYdo7CZV29
The third way.152Please respect copyright.PENANAiMiT1beLCx
152Please respect copyright.PENANAuuhBlQfcOd
Not return.152Please respect copyright.PENANAIVYAO1J6AX
Not repetition.152Please respect copyright.PENANA8g8TflGloc
152Please respect copyright.PENANATxEgZGEWMU
But—152Please respect copyright.PENANAXCidG1X49c
152Please respect copyright.PENANAqfP9z1KKk5
A future with no name.