The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.14Please respect copyright.PENANAGap1FcBLRs
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"14Please respect copyright.PENANAggEvrjxW6k
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.14Please respect copyright.PENANAuAIc2lDgLR
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.14Please respect copyright.PENANA2kgf4eBY1p
Was it himself? A residue?14Please respect copyright.PENANAhXa3JGZbZR
Or a ghost never chosen?14Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ57vfH9Rz
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.14Please respect copyright.PENANArbGiBckLbu
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."14Please respect copyright.PENANArtEFAqsUZJ
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.14Please respect copyright.PENANAne7jxzrdZu
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"14Please respect copyright.PENANAwVwPwgHoQB
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He gave no answer.14Please respect copyright.PENANAZysZ900b98
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.14Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0xUoXphiG
The posture was his, the scars too.14Please respect copyright.PENANAvUAa5mnmBY
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.14Please respect copyright.PENANAjbftWynEe8
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.14Please respect copyright.PENANAzWyzWlFOm4
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"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"14Please respect copyright.PENANANW4KuAQmHD
The voice pressed closer.14Please respect copyright.PENANAt0KvF5LtKs
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."14Please respect copyright.PENANAHXOudoLs3m
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He turned away.14Please respect copyright.PENANA8dLHtAXCQf
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.14Please respect copyright.PENANAXkJtQtdz7I
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.14Please respect copyright.PENANAqrWzAal8cP
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.14Please respect copyright.PENANAAgn1ZNCLM1
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."14Please respect copyright.PENANAcKFlVv4IdT
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"Then—choose."14Please respect copyright.PENANAobtHlMdPc1
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The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.14Please respect copyright.PENANANYRizGTxHk
He didn't look back.14Please respect copyright.PENANAT6oOgz2Jf9
He knew nothing would be there.14Please respect copyright.PENANAWZjBUfsRuQ
And yet, he heard it.14Please respect copyright.PENANAJnJ3hC8yB1
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"Choose which one of you will remain."14Please respect copyright.PENANA1uganKM8Zi
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He clenched his fists.14Please respect copyright.PENANA0HxIbwSRRe
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,14Please respect copyright.PENANAm9JZvbPVeW
Too real to abandon,14Please respect copyright.PENANAUPwM9Es8Sr
Too entangled to claim.14Please respect copyright.PENANA0WaV8ZqdPE
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"What if I don't want to be either?"14Please respect copyright.PENANADAL7GHhf8w
He asked the air, voice hoarse.14Please respect copyright.PENANAx5wsNlq1AU
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"Then become—14Please respect copyright.PENANAm6Ly5cdU4b
the memory that survived the collapse."14Please respect copyright.PENANAxoC6c2XgGP
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The mirror cracked.14Please respect copyright.PENANA5pHwpDbYO6
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Not from pressure.14Please respect copyright.PENANAd7Jhb4t6S6
Not from sound.14Please respect copyright.PENANA7ePOesBmMZ
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But from time.14Please respect copyright.PENANABZxs70O5yJ
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:14Please respect copyright.PENANAUc6KS55gDm
They had never truly been separate.14Please respect copyright.PENANABE0Xk9eZ9G
And now, they could never fully merge.14Please respect copyright.PENANAv5Xb42q1bk
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They could only—14Please respect copyright.PENANAw79SvUPdI5
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Overlay.14Please respect copyright.PENANAbO2puYRDsN
Fracture.14Please respect copyright.PENANABacaDJoAZX
Echo.14Please respect copyright.PENANAS8ofmhEXyH
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Reflections That Do Not Return14Please respect copyright.PENANAk9YjV4M53z
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.14Please respect copyright.PENANAegmrSDd36j
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—14Please respect copyright.PENANAK9OGef3Fb1
A different version of himself emerged:14Please respect copyright.PENANAiHQHDBqfYh
Some young, some aged.14Please respect copyright.PENANAWjtUtItRuT
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.14Please respect copyright.PENANAPuWsFp1HOO
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"Are these… all me?"14Please respect copyright.PENANAOJYa7rQPpA
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,14Please respect copyright.PENANAAXFMJHnBeW
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?14Please respect copyright.PENANAMjSMkLoZZh
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.14Please respect copyright.PENANAkdKxmrWDac
But it reflected not the room—14Please respect copyright.PENANACojWy7XHX1
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It reflected time:14Please respect copyright.PENANABWrKqqDoM7
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A Friday dusk,14Please respect copyright.PENANA109a09JsLu
A Tuesday's echo,14Please respect copyright.PENANAFlgaWbpP8J
The moment the cross appeared,14Please respect copyright.PENANAIN2dOQmegc
And the last turn of her figure.14Please respect copyright.PENANA5o947GtgcC
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"You didn't choose an identity,"14Please respect copyright.PENANAcxx4vaqpHQ
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.14Please respect copyright.PENANAB2MPIsi5pJ
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,14Please respect copyright.PENANAfNC8M8bBZz
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.14Please respect copyright.PENANA4Lbjj4mj5k
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"You chose the version of yourself—14Please respect copyright.PENANAOS4KHg0945
that could survive."14Please respect copyright.PENANAMEwPxSzVQM
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He stared at the fragments.14Please respect copyright.PENANAhzJEZVjM1D
Each one, a future with no return.14Please respect copyright.PENANA5SdwD1oL36
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"14Please respect copyright.PENANA7fBeEMPTyz
He asked, barely audible.14Please respect copyright.PENANA17YRXh5TaF
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"Then you'll be trapped—14Please respect copyright.PENANAkfsVfavMiJ
within this fracture,14Please respect copyright.PENANApqZivct2qc
until the next cycle calls you back."14Please respect copyright.PENANARmBx99Stuk
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Silence again.14Please respect copyright.PENANAa6p3dZ4iNx
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Then he whispered:14Please respect copyright.PENANA0ntPwy5g4c
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"I don't want to wake up again…14Please respect copyright.PENANAmBd2YRqjbA
if waking means forgetting her."14Please respect copyright.PENANAU8qnwCWpdY
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The mirror flickered.14Please respect copyright.PENANAHPfLb2v07D
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—14Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qwo3hbGx5
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"You'll forget what I said,"14Please respect copyright.PENANA9RLKVgoDNu
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…14Please respect copyright.PENANAYBKHOs8pbI
and that I never left."14Please respect copyright.PENANAnTO8UqZkPx
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.14Please respect copyright.PENANAtwtLYPtHTM
The eternity hidden within Friday.14Please respect copyright.PENANA7OUFceo5CN
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No ticking clock,14Please respect copyright.PENANAMw2YCcFgRh
No urgency.14Please respect copyright.PENANAu2IRvBoUp4
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Only breath—14Please respect copyright.PENANA3MQFE1tErx
And something deeper still:14Please respect copyright.PENANAOUYFoUs8x7
The echo of his own heartbeat,14Please respect copyright.PENANAhgyBvLIBH5
splintering across time.14Please respect copyright.PENANAL6vTO3BI3M
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A single crack stretched across the floor,14Please respect copyright.PENANASk59F1MvzE
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.14Please respect copyright.PENANAEPL4q2M8UR
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One wrong step,14Please respect copyright.PENANAhKnpiH2DqL
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.14Please respect copyright.PENANAo0hEI38xNj
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He knelt and picked up a shard.14Please respect copyright.PENANAXzFPLZOQls
Its surface stirred memory—14Please respect copyright.PENANA21JRgo2gBs
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.14Please respect copyright.PENANAUwkzL1ROrP
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."14Please respect copyright.PENANAjJVe1cxY15
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—14Please respect copyright.PENANAGrVNEJMCsM
Young, certain, full of hope.14Please respect copyright.PENANA4bw0KgqAix
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,14Please respect copyright.PENANAXRi3aUBysG
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.14Please respect copyright.PENANAjScPwivhfW
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:14Please respect copyright.PENANAnK0ISml5on
2025.2.19 // 28:0114Please respect copyright.PENANAH0Kt3dEP1k
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She whispered—14Please respect copyright.PENANAgPUZfvmYFz
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.14Please respect copyright.PENANARDxZWmuqqQ
It's meant—for choosing."14Please respect copyright.PENANAs8ffGi3DzT
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Something within him stirred—14Please respect copyright.PENANAuh7sD3dvQ5
First gentle,14Please respect copyright.PENANAW5Wi9bIjRR
Then forceful,14Please respect copyright.PENANAdyFDp3qHDJ
Almost irresistible.14Please respect copyright.PENANAgWU9vWtnnb
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A pull born of her voice,14Please respect copyright.PENANAH9uR9NxVkb
Of her silence,14Please respect copyright.PENANAKfPC4jOlvV
Of every name forgotten by time.14Please respect copyright.PENANARTwf71Olls
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"Then… how do I choose?"14Please respect copyright.PENANA1bM5iW7SA8
He asked not the mirror now,14Please respect copyright.PENANAcxfK9OrDyl
But the entire world.14Please respect copyright.PENANAaXtKNXSvSS
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"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,14Please respect copyright.PENANA4B1xS0DtRB
"was never the answer—14Please respect copyright.PENANA5aHVXlTZ1X
only the cost."14Please respect copyright.PENANAy7xZdbgWL6
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He opened his eyes.14Please respect copyright.PENANAeGqJTKlFnj
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—14Please respect copyright.PENANAYAph1357Wg
An ending already written,14Please respect copyright.PENANAKkVd8CDwJL
Yet never spoken.14Please respect copyright.PENANAVW0nW4qo3F
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You Remember Too Much14Please respect copyright.PENANAbASHA5Hq0v
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,14Please respect copyright.PENANAr22M8DzEmx
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.14Please respect copyright.PENANA6VozjwNdKF
So now, only one question remains:14Please respect copyright.PENANA1qFXc86zrc
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Who will you remain for?"14Please respect copyright.PENANAHhjrOjtTrL
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"You've always remembered,"14Please respect copyright.PENANAAd43vxjou4
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.14Please respect copyright.PENANADfgXmTM4WJ
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"You just didn't want to admit it."14Please respect copyright.PENANAkXosy2Ee05
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"And you've never truly let go,"14Please respect copyright.PENANAdkIMtPef94
Li An-Qing's voice followed,14Please respect copyright.PENANAnw717pHO6b
Like light after the rain.14Please respect copyright.PENANAnxPyBZLmmL
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"Because you know—14Please respect copyright.PENANAVHCGh1XXax
this was never yours to end."14Please respect copyright.PENANA7Bw6gwRYU7
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He stood between the mirror and the fracture.14Please respect copyright.PENANAEuIWMk2KXz
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Behind him—wreckage of the past.14Please respect copyright.PENANADnjOLWsOoa
Before him—a nameless exit.14Please respect copyright.PENANACWtbVmRMAO
14Please respect copyright.PENANAiQFwXhJkBE
"If I can't become him…14Please respect copyright.PENANAkgybU1Rwfn
and I can't just be myself…14Please respect copyright.PENANAOQtbKEplTZ
what is left of me?"14Please respect copyright.PENANA7QmS5JgBr8
14Please respect copyright.PENANAgVK4i9glIO
"Memory," they said in unison.14Please respect copyright.PENANA4tp6sQ3Qfw
14Please respect copyright.PENANAUw5R62Ywxo
Not names.14Please respect copyright.PENANAOlGNhOnqFi
Not roles.14Please respect copyright.PENANAa5n4veA19i
But something heavier—14Please respect copyright.PENANALHodC2KSSh
A will strong enough to pierce time.14Please respect copyright.PENANA2bWbHJIAxF
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If names fade, let them.14Please respect copyright.PENANAPvPYQLcSjs
If roles collapse, stop defining them.14Please respect copyright.PENANAaH2tbHacBD
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"You don't need a name,"14Please respect copyright.PENANAj3kX2LLXjX
Yang An-Ting whispered.14Please respect copyright.PENANAOuER6MlMcG
"Because now—you remember us."14Please respect copyright.PENANAaUH4qmT8P2
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"You only need to keep walking,"14Please respect copyright.PENANAnJEsH2uHwj
Li An-Qing said next.14Please respect copyright.PENANAW0Ka5wTCrS
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."14Please respect copyright.PENANAGtZ9lrLBpd
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The fractures began to close—14Please respect copyright.PENANAdKb9zwLlam
Not as an end,14Please respect copyright.PENANAVHma8MuyUb
But as a silent reformation.14Please respect copyright.PENANAOWWGJQfL7t
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Shattered timelines intertwined,14Please respect copyright.PENANAhGISoNuzdF
Forming a new path—14Please respect copyright.PENANA4yz9FOFhhi
Free of judgment,14Please respect copyright.PENANA9UAQUDg3wT
Free of labels,14Please respect copyright.PENANA2LNBN2c5tL
Free of the need to look back.14Please respect copyright.PENANAKqPVF3lYIl
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It was—14Please respect copyright.PENANAiRsAQiD2Jm
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The third way.14Please respect copyright.PENANAomgjUl1c04
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Not return.14Please respect copyright.PENANAEU7oT2AiYF
Not repetition.14Please respect copyright.PENANAO1eZDNHtoA
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But—14Please respect copyright.PENANAS3232q6y7V
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A future with no name.