The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.17Please respect copyright.PENANA9CgaVZUCrw
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAMltjEF5pW6
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.17Please respect copyright.PENANALmgOzjqRTc
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.17Please respect copyright.PENANAbr0PlSGuwr
Was it himself? A residue?17Please respect copyright.PENANAZLE0o0nEUn
Or a ghost never chosen?17Please respect copyright.PENANABpePYnlTs6
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.17Please respect copyright.PENANAyzpZJerJxh
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."17Please respect copyright.PENANAmG4lZPGduq
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.17Please respect copyright.PENANANklD9uuHnk
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"17Please respect copyright.PENANA71BzzrEi9K
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He gave no answer.17Please respect copyright.PENANAtibOYOQCsD
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.17Please respect copyright.PENANAdBIOZFsOQV
The posture was his, the scars too.17Please respect copyright.PENANAzxfnG0IkNR
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.17Please respect copyright.PENANAmRdHGvhUH1
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.17Please respect copyright.PENANAH0euPsOfFl
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"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAvuymSD8RVk
The voice pressed closer.17Please respect copyright.PENANAvCjuv0zNNt
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."17Please respect copyright.PENANAdoZpoI7NJA
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He turned away.17Please respect copyright.PENANANbR2ULp7cW
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.17Please respect copyright.PENANAOdhRmezFcM
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.17Please respect copyright.PENANAUohWamSEQX
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.17Please respect copyright.PENANAP3FssgMaCK
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."17Please respect copyright.PENANAw2NRaoIZ5j
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"Then—choose."17Please respect copyright.PENANAz6ZA7Vjk7l
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The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.17Please respect copyright.PENANAkRwBbUIaH2
He didn't look back.17Please respect copyright.PENANABrzNH9GLCW
He knew nothing would be there.17Please respect copyright.PENANA35ZRDDcxm0
And yet, he heard it.17Please respect copyright.PENANA0fvSUQKrz4
17Please respect copyright.PENANAxZY0JVZ51x
"Choose which one of you will remain."17Please respect copyright.PENANAeOl2CpM0LF
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He clenched his fists.17Please respect copyright.PENANAapfqGn19Cn
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,17Please respect copyright.PENANAX3L4cxQlEq
Too real to abandon,17Please respect copyright.PENANAXJaWhyBLh8
Too entangled to claim.17Please respect copyright.PENANABZou16WHZd
17Please respect copyright.PENANAgqRqPwIb6D
"What if I don't want to be either?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAww80875zlr
He asked the air, voice hoarse.17Please respect copyright.PENANAh1M8N59g3R
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"Then become—17Please respect copyright.PENANAgEbvDsenS6
the memory that survived the collapse."17Please respect copyright.PENANAWr4RasjL4y
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The mirror cracked.17Please respect copyright.PENANAsLmXoImbO7
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Not from pressure.17Please respect copyright.PENANA9stbkr3LAH
Not from sound.17Please respect copyright.PENANAhivpLzuwaq
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But from time.17Please respect copyright.PENANAbF4UpQatw6
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:17Please respect copyright.PENANA68q5RG4BnR
They had never truly been separate.17Please respect copyright.PENANAWqdo5DfQSJ
And now, they could never fully merge.17Please respect copyright.PENANA81Xo43Nopl
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They could only—17Please respect copyright.PENANADwysSopDbb
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Overlay.17Please respect copyright.PENANA8MfPjUghNX
Fracture.17Please respect copyright.PENANAMCqnDHmMoe
Echo.17Please respect copyright.PENANAzVIM2eLUdZ
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---17Please respect copyright.PENANAzk4IXCkbxE
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Reflections That Do Not Return17Please respect copyright.PENANA55jMzhn7W0
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.17Please respect copyright.PENANAFxjZ40yife
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—17Please respect copyright.PENANAQdqQgBZzel
A different version of himself emerged:17Please respect copyright.PENANAypcpszbquQ
Some young, some aged.17Please respect copyright.PENANAHbGvhLgofG
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.17Please respect copyright.PENANAc2GCi2kllj
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"Are these… all me?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAty3OH34VqD
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,17Please respect copyright.PENANACZnTTzgDxy
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?17Please respect copyright.PENANAcUawrrYdvy
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.17Please respect copyright.PENANAPRB3FUgktr
But it reflected not the room—17Please respect copyright.PENANAwYTkUtc8DJ
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It reflected time:17Please respect copyright.PENANAcVn9wiZ439
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A Friday dusk,17Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y2Zeu37fZ
A Tuesday's echo,17Please respect copyright.PENANAeKJ7QyxBLt
The moment the cross appeared,17Please respect copyright.PENANA9EOcwYClEK
And the last turn of her figure.17Please respect copyright.PENANATWqzS2bekl
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"You didn't choose an identity,"17Please respect copyright.PENANAozjcQYDIoi
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.17Please respect copyright.PENANAh6XvutvgFa
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,17Please respect copyright.PENANAENJTP3LvQe
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.17Please respect copyright.PENANAJdVnWqP8UG
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"You chose the version of yourself—17Please respect copyright.PENANANv8MZmO8CL
that could survive."17Please respect copyright.PENANApjbhr0elfy
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He stared at the fragments.17Please respect copyright.PENANAn6ZlmsFBxb
Each one, a future with no return.17Please respect copyright.PENANABu9pCvw2wq
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAVaAfpEsLfA
He asked, barely audible.17Please respect copyright.PENANAIUFgH8qXce
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"Then you'll be trapped—17Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ6uPSroPw
within this fracture,17Please respect copyright.PENANAPq77as7gWc
until the next cycle calls you back."17Please respect copyright.PENANAijQQoGcpUh
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Silence again.17Please respect copyright.PENANAJp0DWWKRmh
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Then he whispered:17Please respect copyright.PENANAD1V9mBkJ0n
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"I don't want to wake up again…17Please respect copyright.PENANAGX3cvaeKqt
if waking means forgetting her."17Please respect copyright.PENANAN2dk9wDHC6
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The mirror flickered.17Please respect copyright.PENANAizrj9k97q5
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—17Please respect copyright.PENANAhrfBgPw1SK
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"You'll forget what I said,"17Please respect copyright.PENANA6CAz0uotja
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…17Please respect copyright.PENANAZrf6s4YE6q
and that I never left."17Please respect copyright.PENANAG1UFRxvelk
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.17Please respect copyright.PENANA2DOAlcRoum
The eternity hidden within Friday.17Please respect copyright.PENANAIxqKkfMIud
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No ticking clock,17Please respect copyright.PENANATz0KLtzPdF
No urgency.17Please respect copyright.PENANAkeWUXQdZMF
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Only breath—17Please respect copyright.PENANAtPJN7YBXb1
And something deeper still:17Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ma0PkX45v
The echo of his own heartbeat,17Please respect copyright.PENANAMu7joKDCxk
splintering across time.17Please respect copyright.PENANANcrlLUue21
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A single crack stretched across the floor,17Please respect copyright.PENANAKrfZdKnzTJ
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.17Please respect copyright.PENANAKYnFQkcqDW
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One wrong step,17Please respect copyright.PENANAVUk2OwhcDX
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.17Please respect copyright.PENANAyRfuwvIewM
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He knelt and picked up a shard.17Please respect copyright.PENANApveOPHx3ot
Its surface stirred memory—17Please respect copyright.PENANAkl1EjQOoNK
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.17Please respect copyright.PENANAsfEKhh8xu1
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."17Please respect copyright.PENANA6CjUkqBqen
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—17Please respect copyright.PENANAiFKUOprf31
Young, certain, full of hope.17Please respect copyright.PENANAHZkcV0DI9J
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,17Please respect copyright.PENANANolyIgB3Rn
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.17Please respect copyright.PENANAo11czH7xGc
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:17Please respect copyright.PENANAe5zSWkUUqM
2025.2.19 // 28:0117Please respect copyright.PENANAEOA5TH9vk5
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She whispered—17Please respect copyright.PENANA7nUx3aK6N2
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.17Please respect copyright.PENANA7tfEY32uI9
It's meant—for choosing."17Please respect copyright.PENANACBmdK5rfXv
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Something within him stirred—17Please respect copyright.PENANAK8nmZMGQyz
First gentle,17Please respect copyright.PENANA0zkWT1PoOG
Then forceful,17Please respect copyright.PENANAVjAHrsvDzf
Almost irresistible.17Please respect copyright.PENANAl4olGmMDdR
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A pull born of her voice,17Please respect copyright.PENANAJqVYPVW24z
Of her silence,17Please respect copyright.PENANALaMEVVuJlY
Of every name forgotten by time.17Please respect copyright.PENANAwwoZI6AkMG
17Please respect copyright.PENANApzKR1scj9e
"Then… how do I choose?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAIASDmPNfGa
He asked not the mirror now,17Please respect copyright.PENANASqtslivHGk
But the entire world.17Please respect copyright.PENANA9EO3bXwYxl
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"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,17Please respect copyright.PENANA0XorVXTRkV
"was never the answer—17Please respect copyright.PENANASbZrAsT3Uc
only the cost."17Please respect copyright.PENANAuHB6edYdob
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He opened his eyes.17Please respect copyright.PENANAT8N5KsRzJw
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—17Please respect copyright.PENANAWAWoFd0MhP
An ending already written,17Please respect copyright.PENANApkZHIgsagc
Yet never spoken.17Please respect copyright.PENANAD8udBHfc9D
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You Remember Too Much17Please respect copyright.PENANA1lmxBwMBaQ
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,17Please respect copyright.PENANAAyZGF13yNs
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.17Please respect copyright.PENANArBeYu0MxNB
So now, only one question remains:17Please respect copyright.PENANAmudxcNXHSo
17Please respect copyright.PENANALVrHPa8s7a
Who will you remain for?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAE47hdBpCgo
17Please respect copyright.PENANAYMeNqoufPn
"You've always remembered,"17Please respect copyright.PENANAi0aT01CYD1
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.17Please respect copyright.PENANAfq4LlEuKtz
17Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8atEHdiTO
"You just didn't want to admit it."17Please respect copyright.PENANAKsZLaIXBXk
17Please respect copyright.PENANAgIIT16Cris
"And you've never truly let go,"17Please respect copyright.PENANAbTwzcZzDYe
Li An-Qing's voice followed,17Please respect copyright.PENANAXYuw7dAsWH
Like light after the rain.17Please respect copyright.PENANAXtnjjYu7Es
17Please respect copyright.PENANAtSB6LNDlDS
"Because you know—17Please respect copyright.PENANAcoOeNl6hSg
this was never yours to end."17Please respect copyright.PENANAUwDUqtDDf5
17Please respect copyright.PENANAgtGbog2Bcf
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.17Please respect copyright.PENANADqnCxQmd35
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Behind him—wreckage of the past.17Please respect copyright.PENANAhZXsjkzIUh
Before him—a nameless exit.17Please respect copyright.PENANAUOoJrcy23K
17Please respect copyright.PENANAgN8sgZsfbD
"If I can't become him…17Please respect copyright.PENANASDnEbT4sKe
and I can't just be myself…17Please respect copyright.PENANAhuRTMmdIuk
what is left of me?"17Please respect copyright.PENANAtyyJpxL6MN
17Please respect copyright.PENANAoiYvagz2Ou
"Memory," they said in unison.17Please respect copyright.PENANArIGjksdGlg
17Please respect copyright.PENANAE915WicVtG
Not names.17Please respect copyright.PENANA4mmmOQxo4K
Not roles.17Please respect copyright.PENANAu0VfqVBfcw
But something heavier—17Please respect copyright.PENANAIolmfUWG1r
A will strong enough to pierce time.17Please respect copyright.PENANAPP9Zheqkz9
17Please respect copyright.PENANABpjxZKYsm9
If names fade, let them.17Please respect copyright.PENANAED4bLniDvb
If roles collapse, stop defining them.17Please respect copyright.PENANAkHcYtzs27N
17Please respect copyright.PENANAqAMROSjE01
"You don't need a name,"17Please respect copyright.PENANA4FevAfxFBe
Yang An-Ting whispered.17Please respect copyright.PENANAqjScZU9XX2
"Because now—you remember us."17Please respect copyright.PENANAGjuhxfap79
17Please respect copyright.PENANAOdPO9ga2RZ
"You only need to keep walking,"17Please respect copyright.PENANAF9TiNrJaGN
Li An-Qing said next.17Please respect copyright.PENANA0jFsLluEO2
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."17Please respect copyright.PENANAVr3wxKhNcm
17Please respect copyright.PENANA0RpNHy60yn
The fractures began to close—17Please respect copyright.PENANAWDGvrOhAPv
Not as an end,17Please respect copyright.PENANA4D5V6EkzWm
But as a silent reformation.17Please respect copyright.PENANAn3LdAeSKDT
17Please respect copyright.PENANADFPMEBqSqd
Shattered timelines intertwined,17Please respect copyright.PENANAkFTF9DJM8G
Forming a new path—17Please respect copyright.PENANAKIOZUYPayn
Free of judgment,17Please respect copyright.PENANA2wRIemTFRf
Free of labels,17Please respect copyright.PENANARzEGiEymmu
Free of the need to look back.17Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZlFwu6w2D
17Please respect copyright.PENANAXy7M25ulSj
It was—17Please respect copyright.PENANALTKbFiJqRT
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The third way.17Please respect copyright.PENANA6ROj9dcWIz
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Not return.17Please respect copyright.PENANARrZd3jThDx
Not repetition.17Please respect copyright.PENANAEz13udJTxP
17Please respect copyright.PENANAHOpeejhqpy
But—17Please respect copyright.PENANAtNz8RnCN95
17Please respect copyright.PENANAmRmApmmWjh
A future with no name.