The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.39Please respect copyright.PENANAPuwVGKywFm
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAqsTLgXxOCt
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.39Please respect copyright.PENANAUvDETVOeUT
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.39Please respect copyright.PENANAtsrWawPfZL
Was it himself? A residue?39Please respect copyright.PENANAvjJ1EP1VeP
Or a ghost never chosen?39Please respect copyright.PENANA0lCHkeEHu7
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.39Please respect copyright.PENANAEXmkJfv0te
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."39Please respect copyright.PENANAn9mfsLYgdB
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.39Please respect copyright.PENANAD8UvxtGJJj
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAU8ukiYEdjg
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He gave no answer.39Please respect copyright.PENANA0W35wfpSHp
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.39Please respect copyright.PENANA9HvEZ20hvn
The posture was his, the scars too.39Please respect copyright.PENANAdp5zQ63GSZ
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.39Please respect copyright.PENANAOSyaniX9kl
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.39Please respect copyright.PENANAA0J0j4DKdJ
39Please respect copyright.PENANAho3rRH5MEY
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"39Please respect copyright.PENANArjnqI6oROq
The voice pressed closer.39Please respect copyright.PENANAS09zUCi98f
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."39Please respect copyright.PENANAxSxz51fp90
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He turned away.39Please respect copyright.PENANAvU7CUCZXQE
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.39Please respect copyright.PENANAV3FQNpS2aa
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.39Please respect copyright.PENANAfdXBK9MFEt
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.39Please respect copyright.PENANAuBMRNKGj1r
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."39Please respect copyright.PENANAOoMgf2nZ31
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"Then—choose."39Please respect copyright.PENANAZC9OC8VXsb
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The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.39Please respect copyright.PENANAd6Bd2uwDUb
He didn't look back.39Please respect copyright.PENANAQYcuf84Q5g
He knew nothing would be there.39Please respect copyright.PENANA8N6BtjY3U8
And yet, he heard it.39Please respect copyright.PENANAETPHyU2tZV
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"Choose which one of you will remain."39Please respect copyright.PENANABnqhVCox2j
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He clenched his fists.39Please respect copyright.PENANAqFqzsj6LrB
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,39Please respect copyright.PENANALKs3ofO22R
Too real to abandon,39Please respect copyright.PENANA3cqG5zfUxg
Too entangled to claim.39Please respect copyright.PENANA9YgGnhE5MZ
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"What if I don't want to be either?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAJvNB0HiDPb
He asked the air, voice hoarse.39Please respect copyright.PENANAUUTwEihAQQ
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"Then become—39Please respect copyright.PENANASekKdQk3W1
the memory that survived the collapse."39Please respect copyright.PENANAZNhySuVvyq
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The mirror cracked.39Please respect copyright.PENANAA37WH2nk57
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Not from pressure.39Please respect copyright.PENANAN2zZNjj2uI
Not from sound.39Please respect copyright.PENANAeSpf1q06wq
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But from time.39Please respect copyright.PENANAw23rYYglq4
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:39Please respect copyright.PENANADVQY2Tx6Kn
They had never truly been separate.39Please respect copyright.PENANAjC7dJVF3JY
And now, they could never fully merge.39Please respect copyright.PENANAm8LEe2v9ZH
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They could only—39Please respect copyright.PENANACRnBaEpxj5
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Overlay.39Please respect copyright.PENANAifXOeppO6k
Fracture.39Please respect copyright.PENANAYxtzPoa5Up
Echo.39Please respect copyright.PENANAfPW2duKG0U
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Reflections That Do Not Return39Please respect copyright.PENANAHzVN3Mmsxe
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.39Please respect copyright.PENANATU6pkIGD3s
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—39Please respect copyright.PENANAvXr0klLCyB
A different version of himself emerged:39Please respect copyright.PENANAOtPk33saXO
Some young, some aged.39Please respect copyright.PENANAgNEC5aXdUK
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.39Please respect copyright.PENANA7SeYL1vOnI
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"Are these… all me?"39Please respect copyright.PENANA5oKdZ0T4be
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,39Please respect copyright.PENANAHxlfe9iLbm
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?39Please respect copyright.PENANAhNLPcZcui7
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.39Please respect copyright.PENANAdAVxXno7Po
But it reflected not the room—39Please respect copyright.PENANApWIk2Z8yjY
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It reflected time:39Please respect copyright.PENANA0EsG7dNDRl
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A Friday dusk,39Please respect copyright.PENANAwGN77ofcYm
A Tuesday's echo,39Please respect copyright.PENANAMGSg9bduRd
The moment the cross appeared,39Please respect copyright.PENANAwUcJ9PTTAk
And the last turn of her figure.39Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0wxnF7Aet
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"You didn't choose an identity,"39Please respect copyright.PENANARZJisIS9c8
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.39Please respect copyright.PENANAvrB9xNEviu
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,39Please respect copyright.PENANAatYielGiui
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.39Please respect copyright.PENANAXG5stTMNnv
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"You chose the version of yourself—39Please respect copyright.PENANAPf1ngmqAQn
that could survive."39Please respect copyright.PENANAqkRVlVk2qn
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He stared at the fragments.39Please respect copyright.PENANA9pnO9Kk2nA
Each one, a future with no return.39Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Wrp8dJJV
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAf6g5iJGlJ0
He asked, barely audible.39Please respect copyright.PENANA49xXFJO8JM
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"Then you'll be trapped—39Please respect copyright.PENANAvfwRrVDDpN
within this fracture,39Please respect copyright.PENANAZdKVWMJ7Ou
until the next cycle calls you back."39Please respect copyright.PENANAzxg7VBHqzU
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Silence again.39Please respect copyright.PENANAowx4T0vESZ
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Then he whispered:39Please respect copyright.PENANAF1Wi4SY1r0
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"I don't want to wake up again…39Please respect copyright.PENANAOqh6sBCaG0
if waking means forgetting her."39Please respect copyright.PENANAi3EgRsXqCw
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The mirror flickered.39Please respect copyright.PENANAgEToBAd1GS
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—39Please respect copyright.PENANAWkCtFDJOHQ
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"You'll forget what I said,"39Please respect copyright.PENANA899Ydgxc86
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…39Please respect copyright.PENANAymsT4zh0WS
and that I never left."39Please respect copyright.PENANAX78XhV34Ii
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.39Please respect copyright.PENANAT1NvErpg1v
The eternity hidden within Friday.39Please respect copyright.PENANA8SHzJNNkIc
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No ticking clock,39Please respect copyright.PENANAz26C3wmuw8
No urgency.39Please respect copyright.PENANAyM4s7UiHcp
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Only breath—39Please respect copyright.PENANAO6dQMVBVtu
And something deeper still:39Please respect copyright.PENANAi1sxJTdo0q
The echo of his own heartbeat,39Please respect copyright.PENANAr2arLvrYAS
splintering across time.39Please respect copyright.PENANAnvEa3Dp9oN
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A single crack stretched across the floor,39Please respect copyright.PENANAaKmpgKt1Pz
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.39Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZcQwxV00i
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One wrong step,39Please respect copyright.PENANAtwewsl0o2w
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.39Please respect copyright.PENANAJStU7fRYdZ
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He knelt and picked up a shard.39Please respect copyright.PENANAtBiCuChJbB
Its surface stirred memory—39Please respect copyright.PENANA1Z6Q9cHajq
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.39Please respect copyright.PENANAjlt0b0Fgfa
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."39Please respect copyright.PENANAji3oK15v8q
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—39Please respect copyright.PENANA62fAOLw3p2
Young, certain, full of hope.39Please respect copyright.PENANAUGPcSDvHLv
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,39Please respect copyright.PENANA2UZnL74ffW
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.39Please respect copyright.PENANAyG0kv5OcY3
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:39Please respect copyright.PENANAfjeL7MsR3J
2025.2.19 // 28:0139Please respect copyright.PENANAiFYO4rplX2
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She whispered—39Please respect copyright.PENANAjb42vlYFfY
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.39Please respect copyright.PENANADyjVNnrNNl
It's meant—for choosing."39Please respect copyright.PENANAhwt5syjnMQ
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Something within him stirred—39Please respect copyright.PENANAoWIVFdUaBR
First gentle,39Please respect copyright.PENANA1BsVjwU2Mv
Then forceful,39Please respect copyright.PENANAxcYO9jTpx9
Almost irresistible.39Please respect copyright.PENANANOHuDGpIEc
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A pull born of her voice,39Please respect copyright.PENANANivQBV3jGj
Of her silence,39Please respect copyright.PENANA8w397tDrJ6
Of every name forgotten by time.39Please respect copyright.PENANAIAtRjA6hUj
39Please respect copyright.PENANAE56SWYrxDU
"Then… how do I choose?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAdRsJtM7yc9
He asked not the mirror now,39Please respect copyright.PENANA4fbNsGkrh7
But the entire world.39Please respect copyright.PENANAfhzfNMx0nl
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"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,39Please respect copyright.PENANAzLQTjWGoeW
"was never the answer—39Please respect copyright.PENANAwoau2uRsLH
only the cost."39Please respect copyright.PENANAudIhh7n6uW
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He opened his eyes.39Please respect copyright.PENANAylBFv5tzfJ
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—39Please respect copyright.PENANAC97lz4r8c7
An ending already written,39Please respect copyright.PENANA6db1HuSKv6
Yet never spoken.39Please respect copyright.PENANAQbvnc2aqFY
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---39Please respect copyright.PENANAmyOH7l7qsi
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You Remember Too Much39Please respect copyright.PENANA9RWb6lJ84o
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,39Please respect copyright.PENANAQpFN3eVLXG
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.39Please respect copyright.PENANAnQz4pllfXj
So now, only one question remains:39Please respect copyright.PENANASWUzNFqkBP
39Please respect copyright.PENANAPHSjWdv3CG
Who will you remain for?"39Please respect copyright.PENANA8LnECuUhHF
39Please respect copyright.PENANAnXkuKoJ6N5
"You've always remembered,"39Please respect copyright.PENANAqqY98s2flI
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.39Please respect copyright.PENANAaG1pusJKyq
39Please respect copyright.PENANAoNJLQJXb6H
"You just didn't want to admit it."39Please respect copyright.PENANABSNHVOk5WU
39Please respect copyright.PENANAhKU8OJyYvd
"And you've never truly let go,"39Please respect copyright.PENANAwEmdl7fovf
Li An-Qing's voice followed,39Please respect copyright.PENANAiAvv9vRyH7
Like light after the rain.39Please respect copyright.PENANAUc3UIERuqo
39Please respect copyright.PENANAbvCDgnn8mK
"Because you know—39Please respect copyright.PENANAj4KWDlzwAL
this was never yours to end."39Please respect copyright.PENANAVa3yebqWLM
39Please respect copyright.PENANA2zKVWOpd7y
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.39Please respect copyright.PENANAAAoOxu1z8r
39Please respect copyright.PENANAo4sqq2zHng
Behind him—wreckage of the past.39Please respect copyright.PENANAYgl3GozEgz
Before him—a nameless exit.39Please respect copyright.PENANA22vEttX4OY
39Please respect copyright.PENANAuRwKOHuTOi
"If I can't become him…39Please respect copyright.PENANAORC0PLUkYw
and I can't just be myself…39Please respect copyright.PENANAHZTIe7vL1z
what is left of me?"39Please respect copyright.PENANAHCW4ZsKiVV
39Please respect copyright.PENANAKcX1csvTj6
"Memory," they said in unison.39Please respect copyright.PENANAHuNUFWmER5
39Please respect copyright.PENANAwYj1xjzmMw
Not names.39Please respect copyright.PENANAfGHl5VqYff
Not roles.39Please respect copyright.PENANAuBADIZVUDT
But something heavier—39Please respect copyright.PENANAccLUrWFWxm
A will strong enough to pierce time.39Please respect copyright.PENANAclze7ckRVW
39Please respect copyright.PENANALNhUlxWuwr
If names fade, let them.39Please respect copyright.PENANAe9o40KrdkS
If roles collapse, stop defining them.39Please respect copyright.PENANAdcMkXkkiNi
39Please respect copyright.PENANAa7lvsLtYDE
"You don't need a name,"39Please respect copyright.PENANAqX33IqjP27
Yang An-Ting whispered.39Please respect copyright.PENANAsyqOKd9Rog
"Because now—you remember us."39Please respect copyright.PENANAhZ6vGF1Xx5
39Please respect copyright.PENANAYLcjoooD9W
"You only need to keep walking,"39Please respect copyright.PENANAaH2dcq5R2n
Li An-Qing said next.39Please respect copyright.PENANAUdaY30mgRh
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."39Please respect copyright.PENANA7R6B4qfrqZ
39Please respect copyright.PENANATTKhsUaKhk
The fractures began to close—39Please respect copyright.PENANAvN2CjkdhNF
Not as an end,39Please respect copyright.PENANAYKfroiWGSG
But as a silent reformation.39Please respect copyright.PENANAEPBwpKVbvT
39Please respect copyright.PENANAeQFs4cZRF0
Shattered timelines intertwined,39Please respect copyright.PENANAtmV5sMQBOl
Forming a new path—39Please respect copyright.PENANAF4RyVtjTUv
Free of judgment,39Please respect copyright.PENANAMKVusVN5bR
Free of labels,39Please respect copyright.PENANAmFNdSK8Ee2
Free of the need to look back.39Please respect copyright.PENANAhkVvPqgM5k
39Please respect copyright.PENANAe5kGrmZtBL
It was—39Please respect copyright.PENANAkD053xbPbi
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The third way.39Please respect copyright.PENANAn8AyKxqiWj
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Not return.39Please respect copyright.PENANA5U90ciUArK
Not repetition.39Please respect copyright.PENANAlAdcMefFi6
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But—39Please respect copyright.PENANAmIyBygcvUk
39Please respect copyright.PENANAZB11mzWSo1
A future with no name.