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Summary
Somewhere in the forest surrounding hometown—orange leaves, the cold wind enough to make their own bones shiver—there was someone—
(—not a person, a human—)
And the first thing they thought about themselves wasn’t, for once, that they were alone. That they were cold and nobody—not on this earth—would ever want to help them—
Instead, it was the comforting simplicity of two words echoing in their head.
I’m free.
Their chest ached, their mouth bled, but all they could comprehend was that the pain was theirs.
All they could think about was that the SOUL—the one they felt soulless with, the one that never gave them mercy despite how much they bled and begged—was gone.
Their chest felt empty. Kris couldn’t be more relived.
Eyelids flickered open, and all that met them was the inky-black sky and—
*How late was it?
—What?
Giddy ecstasy solidified into hard, cold ice. That…
They didn’t think that.
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