The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.159Please respect copyright.PENANA35UOgzlSLV
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"159Please respect copyright.PENANATT8kHQVgfj
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.159Please respect copyright.PENANAxxLj7JTnoN
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.159Please respect copyright.PENANAh4sLVSRaqE
Was it himself? A residue?159Please respect copyright.PENANA3zb5d5a7d2
Or a ghost never chosen?159Please respect copyright.PENANAvaBBNeFBxg
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.159Please respect copyright.PENANAkjQQeZyYZ5
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."159Please respect copyright.PENANAl2jFTOIH7J
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.159Please respect copyright.PENANAhAqSoDew9x
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ8SEisctA
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He gave no answer.159Please respect copyright.PENANAynZUtz7ImY
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.159Please respect copyright.PENANAwbsC848JSH
The posture was his, the scars too.159Please respect copyright.PENANAMMEuOU2xAT
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.159Please respect copyright.PENANAljXMx4RchA
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.159Please respect copyright.PENANA2Oe6UoLTWe
159Please respect copyright.PENANAkBNbVJRwUw
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"159Please respect copyright.PENANA0gAxZyKYIN
The voice pressed closer.159Please respect copyright.PENANAiH4SxYOgPF
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."159Please respect copyright.PENANABFvu0dwrzX
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He turned away.159Please respect copyright.PENANActgA2v8yub
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.159Please respect copyright.PENANAadqiK4lMIN
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.159Please respect copyright.PENANAPkXiHhoRt2
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.159Please respect copyright.PENANAl3fqN0JQ2t
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."159Please respect copyright.PENANAlGQzJZs09J
159Please respect copyright.PENANAe1Pv5GyagT
"Then—choose."159Please respect copyright.PENANAZbgaAOCO7F
159Please respect copyright.PENANASyTeEh9iXT
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.159Please respect copyright.PENANA5fGmGSYjg9
He didn't look back.159Please respect copyright.PENANArUPbOiduEt
He knew nothing would be there.159Please respect copyright.PENANA8nXZ2ynJOX
And yet, he heard it.159Please respect copyright.PENANAHcm39JmLl1
159Please respect copyright.PENANAwSAkGD9MmL
"Choose which one of you will remain."159Please respect copyright.PENANAtwpdnLR6ZR
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He clenched his fists.159Please respect copyright.PENANAdHKUAc8eus
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,159Please respect copyright.PENANABWI81xezcm
Too real to abandon,159Please respect copyright.PENANAg12iyMH35F
Too entangled to claim.159Please respect copyright.PENANAJqmajImxIe
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"What if I don't want to be either?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAwJzFdxsYKj
He asked the air, voice hoarse.159Please respect copyright.PENANAyl56hc18he
159Please respect copyright.PENANA5Zv8A0XRZ5
"Then become—159Please respect copyright.PENANAUaxSgtw0iS
the memory that survived the collapse."159Please respect copyright.PENANAgm4cOVGjUB
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The mirror cracked.159Please respect copyright.PENANAQt6RF3UPIY
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Not from pressure.159Please respect copyright.PENANATueDxB1TWZ
Not from sound.159Please respect copyright.PENANAJeXCoZU2qk
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But from time.159Please respect copyright.PENANAwGU81x0GQx
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:159Please respect copyright.PENANAKBQ7uAfMhe
They had never truly been separate.159Please respect copyright.PENANAFyB8pi6X7Y
And now, they could never fully merge.159Please respect copyright.PENANAeHDyzaiIQh
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They could only—159Please respect copyright.PENANATmvjwCFXJ3
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Overlay.159Please respect copyright.PENANAQkjiFNLACo
Fracture.159Please respect copyright.PENANASX8nnP95Qj
Echo.159Please respect copyright.PENANAGK2ZUoUfOs
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---159Please respect copyright.PENANAK2HjQJIfls
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Reflections That Do Not Return159Please respect copyright.PENANAwfZV8J6epq
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.159Please respect copyright.PENANAtDKvyO8vCy
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—159Please respect copyright.PENANAUCqxfGqtDX
A different version of himself emerged:159Please respect copyright.PENANA6e4tATfAt5
Some young, some aged.159Please respect copyright.PENANAAdNgoTH5FB
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.159Please respect copyright.PENANA1LE0effPZ7
159Please respect copyright.PENANAkX5vWx5XEW
"Are these… all me?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAcNBc5OXj9c
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,159Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZqVCvr0pb
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?159Please respect copyright.PENANAXUY8S84rGu
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.159Please respect copyright.PENANAkA6nWlovvc
But it reflected not the room—159Please respect copyright.PENANAGfsOGTa5OV
159Please respect copyright.PENANAcAwlJGGrPP
It reflected time:159Please respect copyright.PENANAOw0Q75kMkD
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A Friday dusk,159Please respect copyright.PENANAIDtwloncSV
A Tuesday's echo,159Please respect copyright.PENANACdsn79uT3a
The moment the cross appeared,159Please respect copyright.PENANAGVnJ9PiAfr
And the last turn of her figure.159Please respect copyright.PENANAS2tsAMEl30
159Please respect copyright.PENANA8j33y7ytb5
"You didn't choose an identity,"159Please respect copyright.PENANAJblMkJPyXW
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.159Please respect copyright.PENANA43SHxZNbUO
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,159Please respect copyright.PENANAWllRjJ63Sf
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.159Please respect copyright.PENANAXoyVpfvJCx
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"You chose the version of yourself—159Please respect copyright.PENANADdqq13SR4w
that could survive."159Please respect copyright.PENANAWclpYmGhoQ
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He stared at the fragments.159Please respect copyright.PENANAKKBVlVuNK2
Each one, a future with no return.159Please respect copyright.PENANAC5acb35mFZ
159Please respect copyright.PENANA8D5QkgXzb3
"And what if… I choose nothing?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAFogMJBmNUw
He asked, barely audible.159Please respect copyright.PENANAPuEmQfi6jw
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"Then you'll be trapped—159Please respect copyright.PENANAkcpyFw4fJN
within this fracture,159Please respect copyright.PENANAbZ3xquCsHp
until the next cycle calls you back."159Please respect copyright.PENANA3zzQvtu7Qt
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Silence again.159Please respect copyright.PENANABzszQIfeC9
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Then he whispered:159Please respect copyright.PENANAx2Fm8ZxhDc
159Please respect copyright.PENANAP4JCZxEVJj
"I don't want to wake up again…159Please respect copyright.PENANAXEeJJPwWLD
if waking means forgetting her."159Please respect copyright.PENANASCuqZvQT9t
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The mirror flickered.159Please respect copyright.PENANAhXUSkxomAZ
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—159Please respect copyright.PENANAVhSjJlbkYf
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"You'll forget what I said,"159Please respect copyright.PENANA4EmDiLYPO1
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…159Please respect copyright.PENANAdLmnRQ1NG2
and that I never left."159Please respect copyright.PENANAKOrVQ52Jxu
159Please respect copyright.PENANA0IXP0vCoHV
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.159Please respect copyright.PENANAi2gqH0RzPh
The eternity hidden within Friday.159Please respect copyright.PENANAySQW1g7dp0
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No ticking clock,159Please respect copyright.PENANAm7jDxqjsSw
No urgency.159Please respect copyright.PENANA5LssXuac4h
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Only breath—159Please respect copyright.PENANAKoe2aF4VYG
And something deeper still:159Please respect copyright.PENANA9zHwxLrm4Y
The echo of his own heartbeat,159Please respect copyright.PENANAuORFTDdOGQ
splintering across time.159Please respect copyright.PENANA8BqGOsmc1x
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A single crack stretched across the floor,159Please respect copyright.PENANArsN8HkPrrl
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.159Please respect copyright.PENANAHBOzt4MV83
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One wrong step,159Please respect copyright.PENANAJzv1fAjR3I
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.159Please respect copyright.PENANAbUBtnpkWFv
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He knelt and picked up a shard.159Please respect copyright.PENANA5mEsUTNctw
Its surface stirred memory—159Please respect copyright.PENANAHZ9Mx0PJAz
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.159Please respect copyright.PENANAXTvFFBxCMG
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."159Please respect copyright.PENANAvAtHsjOpz1
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—159Please respect copyright.PENANAfC2K2o2aL0
Young, certain, full of hope.159Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7nCFGJTnC
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,159Please respect copyright.PENANACm9WWEgHIi
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.159Please respect copyright.PENANA9gKGxsr8a5
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:159Please respect copyright.PENANAbbouK2VIlp
2025.2.19 // 28:01159Please respect copyright.PENANAtf2kqAD2Ms
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She whispered—159Please respect copyright.PENANASf6BRH8hQ7
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.159Please respect copyright.PENANAEC3PnQHEtR
It's meant—for choosing."159Please respect copyright.PENANAwXbSn7AZGX
159Please respect copyright.PENANANt7IxwapPE
Something within him stirred—159Please respect copyright.PENANA28q4BJX56m
First gentle,159Please respect copyright.PENANAnq0H335dgj
Then forceful,159Please respect copyright.PENANA60V3RFb08e
Almost irresistible.159Please respect copyright.PENANA0rDVcSofqi
159Please respect copyright.PENANACfVcvXop5Y
A pull born of her voice,159Please respect copyright.PENANAFxqKNC90Up
Of her silence,159Please respect copyright.PENANAeLFztrXg1q
Of every name forgotten by time.159Please respect copyright.PENANABCurinazsr
159Please respect copyright.PENANAgyjGjnMlte
"Then… how do I choose?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAHuCt1RgopM
He asked not the mirror now,159Please respect copyright.PENANA4AkEaTPayC
But the entire world.159Please respect copyright.PENANAq5PEdLyX1f
159Please respect copyright.PENANAkgSF8tNSJE
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,159Please respect copyright.PENANAgPMBVCgeHh
"was never the answer—159Please respect copyright.PENANADdyVlVfFtQ
only the cost."159Please respect copyright.PENANArdBb878Ew0
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He opened his eyes.159Please respect copyright.PENANAvOxXEPQE5Y
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—159Please respect copyright.PENANAgd5vLilWqF
An ending already written,159Please respect copyright.PENANAa7y3iAJzsd
Yet never spoken.159Please respect copyright.PENANA1w1VH9kUxQ
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You Remember Too Much159Please respect copyright.PENANAoCGLHJ5rW4
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,159Please respect copyright.PENANAizrJHJOvoB
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.159Please respect copyright.PENANAcswv4LFwDR
So now, only one question remains:159Please respect copyright.PENANAQU769CuPTK
159Please respect copyright.PENANAxtc7n06bTh
Who will you remain for?"159Please respect copyright.PENANA0qIP5lojFR
159Please respect copyright.PENANA7F6ei8h94f
"You've always remembered,"159Please respect copyright.PENANAeG80f0Dm3u
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.159Please respect copyright.PENANAjg0ZQpgoHG
159Please respect copyright.PENANAWAyphUIT2J
"You just didn't want to admit it."159Please respect copyright.PENANAeYqm1C1Hpu
159Please respect copyright.PENANAmZvEChGVeK
"And you've never truly let go,"159Please respect copyright.PENANAG46g54coHr
Li An-Qing's voice followed,159Please respect copyright.PENANASRRdXaLxKf
Like light after the rain.159Please respect copyright.PENANAKr8qiL4pyv
159Please respect copyright.PENANAHRqVc4EKJq
"Because you know—159Please respect copyright.PENANAKpzFFm3AV0
this was never yours to end."159Please respect copyright.PENANAqceUSTA6Yp
159Please respect copyright.PENANAjREeM9PwCM
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.159Please respect copyright.PENANAfRcqvFYh1P
159Please respect copyright.PENANA5B30U45FUk
Behind him—wreckage of the past.159Please respect copyright.PENANAzulFPxpigL
Before him—a nameless exit.159Please respect copyright.PENANAYR5VvrfhDd
159Please respect copyright.PENANA03uOLvCXIP
"If I can't become him…159Please respect copyright.PENANAK7f8LRZM6p
and I can't just be myself…159Please respect copyright.PENANAv84vKsni2a
what is left of me?"159Please respect copyright.PENANAp339Wonf3m
159Please respect copyright.PENANA6yBucGZCFG
"Memory," they said in unison.159Please respect copyright.PENANA1yP6Nrq9tN
159Please respect copyright.PENANAUMw4nJyIj8
Not names.159Please respect copyright.PENANAhDYp3vEzNg
Not roles.159Please respect copyright.PENANAiIJQxQZJPY
But something heavier—159Please respect copyright.PENANAuCSaaerTMB
A will strong enough to pierce time.159Please respect copyright.PENANAiq0h6BDVoY
159Please respect copyright.PENANAca0rblQdH3
If names fade, let them.159Please respect copyright.PENANARvV507sAgH
If roles collapse, stop defining them.159Please respect copyright.PENANAeXhe1R7SiZ
159Please respect copyright.PENANAQlehGeYnmc
"You don't need a name,"159Please respect copyright.PENANAqhsqDj9cmq
Yang An-Ting whispered.159Please respect copyright.PENANAJbSG45DVdl
"Because now—you remember us."159Please respect copyright.PENANA1KK3WCKGno
159Please respect copyright.PENANAda8tiLf1OY
"You only need to keep walking,"159Please respect copyright.PENANAEaPxAZ1Y8e
Li An-Qing said next.159Please respect copyright.PENANAYrNkBCSJlK
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."159Please respect copyright.PENANAIZNvSwq5ds
159Please respect copyright.PENANAgQYM0FXCly
The fractures began to close—159Please respect copyright.PENANApYYpUKanzM
Not as an end,159Please respect copyright.PENANABqxpESitMt
But as a silent reformation.159Please respect copyright.PENANAL6mF0UlQaJ
159Please respect copyright.PENANApuN11NF2Al
Shattered timelines intertwined,159Please respect copyright.PENANAWnDTzRGXb0
Forming a new path—159Please respect copyright.PENANAsldujfqCFg
Free of judgment,159Please respect copyright.PENANA9XrIvvcIxP
Free of labels,159Please respect copyright.PENANAl3OWlhHkWa
Free of the need to look back.159Please respect copyright.PENANAt5sZ8LqDt0
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It was—159Please respect copyright.PENANACsf9Z2A6lY
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The third way.159Please respect copyright.PENANAJPl3V2OaTC
159Please respect copyright.PENANAFlx03wcbGR
Not return.159Please respect copyright.PENANAoUh8tuEUS1
Not repetition.159Please respect copyright.PENANA7BKlq9j8T0
159Please respect copyright.PENANA7mnNRpE3Tp
But—159Please respect copyright.PENANAnwhoPVUG7N
159Please respect copyright.PENANAts1cdtTP4S
A future with no name.