The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.11Please respect copyright.PENANAcYYUqVoeQV
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAryXfPy0qK5
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.11Please respect copyright.PENANAxsD3TLFfMu
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.11Please respect copyright.PENANAfr6qAUHHx2
Was it himself? A residue?11Please respect copyright.PENANA64ma5dvQX9
Or a ghost never chosen?11Please respect copyright.PENANAkChegv7gzO
11Please respect copyright.PENANAof2YAF1yWi
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.11Please respect copyright.PENANADLZinFTDiO
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."11Please respect copyright.PENANAvM5Pf800sY
11Please respect copyright.PENANARJp7JoU8kU
From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.11Please respect copyright.PENANAxCedj3M7ID
11Please respect copyright.PENANAHLgYinhLN3
"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAq5ziFKfxX2
11Please respect copyright.PENANAJgU5sugLGk
He gave no answer.11Please respect copyright.PENANAEoRaQBU8Lr
11Please respect copyright.PENANAYcVGfRrnJY
The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.11Please respect copyright.PENANAdPWVIlhrVS
The posture was his, the scars too.11Please respect copyright.PENANApLLS7sMBPl
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.11Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y4rFZbuQX
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.11Please respect copyright.PENANAwZCYgl3vcN
11Please respect copyright.PENANAWOMpa1FqjG
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAC43SiCFifj
The voice pressed closer.11Please respect copyright.PENANAIs2wjs0qT6
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."11Please respect copyright.PENANAQQhrn1YFbI
11Please respect copyright.PENANAmjxSYmC5rZ
He turned away.11Please respect copyright.PENANAjYaze9rSxq
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.11Please respect copyright.PENANAlCXr4K8C6v
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.11Please respect copyright.PENANAaBPiSeNwmw
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.11Please respect copyright.PENANAUUaZpdufOp
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."11Please respect copyright.PENANAe7Z01sIbBl
11Please respect copyright.PENANATEMT5V35Ez
"Then—choose."11Please respect copyright.PENANAGXl0TdaWWS
11Please respect copyright.PENANAnUxXA7S772
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.11Please respect copyright.PENANA15Y18OaPZr
He didn't look back.11Please respect copyright.PENANAHGEGqu572K
He knew nothing would be there.11Please respect copyright.PENANADJq0XvLbeh
And yet, he heard it.11Please respect copyright.PENANAH1baEZksXW
11Please respect copyright.PENANA2XdV0xVNGW
"Choose which one of you will remain."11Please respect copyright.PENANAMdagRAqlD6
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He clenched his fists.11Please respect copyright.PENANApvBmVofWT3
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,11Please respect copyright.PENANADqfSmTnYnb
Too real to abandon,11Please respect copyright.PENANAzsRoVeeQVx
Too entangled to claim.11Please respect copyright.PENANAhZf7GIkjt8
11Please respect copyright.PENANAeoFIXMLJFy
"What if I don't want to be either?"11Please respect copyright.PENANACdDbQOilwg
He asked the air, voice hoarse.11Please respect copyright.PENANA7wKHZHwSO0
11Please respect copyright.PENANA0dVAiZy9Bw
"Then become—11Please respect copyright.PENANAss8ZgaCqPR
the memory that survived the collapse."11Please respect copyright.PENANA8grdwjdFRk
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The mirror cracked.11Please respect copyright.PENANAPqcc6bJeYw
11Please respect copyright.PENANAGtkMO5OL00
Not from pressure.11Please respect copyright.PENANAgLhqTtt98V
Not from sound.11Please respect copyright.PENANAya2ENGUUSw
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But from time.11Please respect copyright.PENANApJuL1jTKRY
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:11Please respect copyright.PENANAZZZMKkYbMa
They had never truly been separate.11Please respect copyright.PENANAgQtasC86oT
And now, they could never fully merge.11Please respect copyright.PENANAhSjtjS2JWW
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They could only—11Please respect copyright.PENANAaldYwsVYOo
11Please respect copyright.PENANAoNySMkYcvp
Overlay.11Please respect copyright.PENANAPtK7lDsL8S
Fracture.11Please respect copyright.PENANAK2yscQOEyR
Echo.11Please respect copyright.PENANA2RNNET9luA
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---11Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ47liJzjH
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Reflections That Do Not Return11Please respect copyright.PENANA5Vk2QxFAhR
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.11Please respect copyright.PENANATiTJp2poL0
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—11Please respect copyright.PENANA9DRxKNUsuZ
A different version of himself emerged:11Please respect copyright.PENANAPIEohXaSMg
Some young, some aged.11Please respect copyright.PENANA5R9mOCSZIz
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.11Please respect copyright.PENANA2tZgCavYRk
11Please respect copyright.PENANAILWhrlqJBq
"Are these… all me?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAbcbGoznHJk
11Please respect copyright.PENANANHSr68BBYT
His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,11Please respect copyright.PENANAxsd8OryY2t
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?11Please respect copyright.PENANAFYiEkpSZFC
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.11Please respect copyright.PENANA5yjo0WJPZ1
But it reflected not the room—11Please respect copyright.PENANAb2kmndwUFr
11Please respect copyright.PENANAACXvyWBXWh
It reflected time:11Please respect copyright.PENANAGyTGpSntoC
11Please respect copyright.PENANAuxhVUsjvAH
A Friday dusk,11Please respect copyright.PENANARBJmd2FSHL
A Tuesday's echo,11Please respect copyright.PENANAi5eVmM2gP1
The moment the cross appeared,11Please respect copyright.PENANAXZX3ufRcLk
And the last turn of her figure.11Please respect copyright.PENANAStcFG9KDFj
11Please respect copyright.PENANAZVFLGKXEYU
"You didn't choose an identity,"11Please respect copyright.PENANArpfuX6ics0
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.11Please respect copyright.PENANAIGiUnRDijn
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,11Please respect copyright.PENANA3QsVxt5i9g
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.11Please respect copyright.PENANAfJl29GS4Of
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"You chose the version of yourself—11Please respect copyright.PENANAIsYo4Zh4Lh
that could survive."11Please respect copyright.PENANAYU6TAJoRGD
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He stared at the fragments.11Please respect copyright.PENANAl7ES6Xh6Pc
Each one, a future with no return.11Please respect copyright.PENANArnonVgvCD7
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAjvXcujSKCN
He asked, barely audible.11Please respect copyright.PENANAT8DYHkouRi
11Please respect copyright.PENANA4jdElItOnX
"Then you'll be trapped—11Please respect copyright.PENANAx4Kbn5UwOn
within this fracture,11Please respect copyright.PENANAukA2wctpLM
until the next cycle calls you back."11Please respect copyright.PENANAkFfCGVXQZP
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Silence again.11Please respect copyright.PENANAOiaw9Uzve4
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Then he whispered:11Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6ZpgSYtaH
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"I don't want to wake up again…11Please respect copyright.PENANAYJPd3nklhf
if waking means forgetting her."11Please respect copyright.PENANA64JVOEKDCr
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The mirror flickered.11Please respect copyright.PENANAmkrG4AbCFm
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—11Please respect copyright.PENANAn3vmEK0AVk
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"You'll forget what I said,"11Please respect copyright.PENANAgdqkZ3pPTJ
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…11Please respect copyright.PENANAu5g8RPvwts
and that I never left."11Please respect copyright.PENANAN5vrFpj05w
11Please respect copyright.PENANAt42yo6u0UN
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.11Please respect copyright.PENANAc8OwNCBcPl
The eternity hidden within Friday.11Please respect copyright.PENANA8BdFF62uaW
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No ticking clock,11Please respect copyright.PENANAO1bMX2qI5J
No urgency.11Please respect copyright.PENANAOHCgAZhJfu
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Only breath—11Please respect copyright.PENANAEfceHgJcSD
And something deeper still:11Please respect copyright.PENANAwtyj8FNsNW
The echo of his own heartbeat,11Please respect copyright.PENANAoP8gh46x5o
splintering across time.11Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ik0AelQNs
11Please respect copyright.PENANAViI3wWCjNT
A single crack stretched across the floor,11Please respect copyright.PENANALOwqlm3DOQ
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.11Please respect copyright.PENANANaP3oKzmwn
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One wrong step,11Please respect copyright.PENANAAJW6zQMUVQ
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.11Please respect copyright.PENANAQHBhFCoJTh
11Please respect copyright.PENANAtXjguhcqYR
He knelt and picked up a shard.11Please respect copyright.PENANAgMMzUXZyeB
Its surface stirred memory—11Please respect copyright.PENANAFptcfWDezu
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.11Please respect copyright.PENANA8SnrQIroWN
11Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ521hrzrB
"He said he'd come back… He promised."11Please respect copyright.PENANA977LgodPQr
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—11Please respect copyright.PENANAnTBTjtmsF7
Young, certain, full of hope.11Please respect copyright.PENANAFHindS17JE
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,11Please respect copyright.PENANAj4FQURekAw
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.11Please respect copyright.PENANAEYd0sUxC71
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:11Please respect copyright.PENANAMkAeXB9TPk
2025.2.19 // 28:0111Please respect copyright.PENANALsvm0i8282
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She whispered—11Please respect copyright.PENANAerWj8riaD6
11Please respect copyright.PENANAMhmLn6SOEm
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.11Please respect copyright.PENANActuPPN0gVz
It's meant—for choosing."11Please respect copyright.PENANAm5T8sSzLtd
11Please respect copyright.PENANAGgAhZBFA6Z
Something within him stirred—11Please respect copyright.PENANAzCPHJabcHU
First gentle,11Please respect copyright.PENANAj12Vl1HuAj
Then forceful,11Please respect copyright.PENANAIPVgIlkyf5
Almost irresistible.11Please respect copyright.PENANAytWwToD9tJ
11Please respect copyright.PENANA6pk9QRsKYt
A pull born of her voice,11Please respect copyright.PENANAkB1Q6fxG0Q
Of her silence,11Please respect copyright.PENANAhKpU3gDh10
Of every name forgotten by time.11Please respect copyright.PENANA18T6ECDmYx
11Please respect copyright.PENANA9FVwQ299vH
"Then… how do I choose?"11Please respect copyright.PENANA3jGJdURlyR
He asked not the mirror now,11Please respect copyright.PENANAQm9IMCuvfL
But the entire world.11Please respect copyright.PENANAyu7p59EGtJ
11Please respect copyright.PENANAopdBI6SeYQ
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,11Please respect copyright.PENANAsG366MdNaV
"was never the answer—11Please respect copyright.PENANADNGXHkzHB1
only the cost."11Please respect copyright.PENANApbTfADNRyD
11Please respect copyright.PENANAlpj0dpJ5pu
He opened his eyes.11Please respect copyright.PENANARuhbjFyCHT
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—11Please respect copyright.PENANAx2XE9vurGG
An ending already written,11Please respect copyright.PENANAGTd9S1I2oh
Yet never spoken.11Please respect copyright.PENANAI5wpu4oOGN
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---11Please respect copyright.PENANAzJQ9GzXZIX
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You Remember Too Much11Please respect copyright.PENANAzcK9OLiGD0
11Please respect copyright.PENANAr2AQjJtAD2
"You remember too much," the voice murmured,11Please respect copyright.PENANAozmqcISVun
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.11Please respect copyright.PENANAiQJHBFadU8
So now, only one question remains:11Please respect copyright.PENANADybQnLK0Gp
11Please respect copyright.PENANAw5C9H2PEjz
Who will you remain for?"11Please respect copyright.PENANA4crTEToFEn
11Please respect copyright.PENANABvX7K7Ul2W
"You've always remembered,"11Please respect copyright.PENANAQbVqPfx9u3
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.11Please respect copyright.PENANAb0267DwXdG
11Please respect copyright.PENANA1qwhVg2O6z
"You just didn't want to admit it."11Please respect copyright.PENANAMn43MHAEBp
11Please respect copyright.PENANAd8DH0Thkqz
"And you've never truly let go,"11Please respect copyright.PENANAu28BEQC048
Li An-Qing's voice followed,11Please respect copyright.PENANALShY9kroZd
Like light after the rain.11Please respect copyright.PENANAseLHNWPyA4
11Please respect copyright.PENANAmmO9bXSpOK
"Because you know—11Please respect copyright.PENANA3nSoS3G2Qe
this was never yours to end."11Please respect copyright.PENANAe3EtlnuId5
11Please respect copyright.PENANAkyXRTk2k1j
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.11Please respect copyright.PENANAPyO6LmcJea
11Please respect copyright.PENANA3rDVeh6JwH
Behind him—wreckage of the past.11Please respect copyright.PENANAZCzygrofqr
Before him—a nameless exit.11Please respect copyright.PENANAOZeumqX4uQ
11Please respect copyright.PENANAiMrbmUIgQb
"If I can't become him…11Please respect copyright.PENANAm22DHaEKtQ
and I can't just be myself…11Please respect copyright.PENANA3Afhun9tDC
what is left of me?"11Please respect copyright.PENANAxMzHCYhttE
11Please respect copyright.PENANADW26Up4gof
"Memory," they said in unison.11Please respect copyright.PENANAncS2yJObXk
11Please respect copyright.PENANA1B9ve2dLZS
Not names.11Please respect copyright.PENANAnIXN4WrzuS
Not roles.11Please respect copyright.PENANAUOJi6WuG1f
But something heavier—11Please respect copyright.PENANADg85OCmlvz
A will strong enough to pierce time.11Please respect copyright.PENANAkmYEpCQGkb
11Please respect copyright.PENANAHrv8YPGLj9
If names fade, let them.11Please respect copyright.PENANAddsW6yXqoL
If roles collapse, stop defining them.11Please respect copyright.PENANAjSgKd8NIz9
11Please respect copyright.PENANAE6Rngn6iPZ
"You don't need a name,"11Please respect copyright.PENANAPrjRlJdafH
Yang An-Ting whispered.11Please respect copyright.PENANAkPZ8ksFYq5
"Because now—you remember us."11Please respect copyright.PENANAcZ3FpvOw6K
11Please respect copyright.PENANAwQGj3vpuyq
"You only need to keep walking,"11Please respect copyright.PENANA3AOz7HdXPe
Li An-Qing said next.11Please respect copyright.PENANA3QB1Km6hMp
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."11Please respect copyright.PENANAqD5qXJwaWN
11Please respect copyright.PENANA15PtuvKCVr
The fractures began to close—11Please respect copyright.PENANAvFXSluOOGs
Not as an end,11Please respect copyright.PENANAMiHBreoOHY
But as a silent reformation.11Please respect copyright.PENANAynQdmuIeFE
11Please respect copyright.PENANAgZfOzYik7j
Shattered timelines intertwined,11Please respect copyright.PENANAQKSQjQ0DMy
Forming a new path—11Please respect copyright.PENANAq6CbtE6CFR
Free of judgment,11Please respect copyright.PENANANPmlRm23TX
Free of labels,11Please respect copyright.PENANAyxfG7w2nz4
Free of the need to look back.11Please respect copyright.PENANAYWXRBxY5gy
11Please respect copyright.PENANAmDlIrDvvCj
It was—11Please respect copyright.PENANA4UiKzUFKEP
11Please respect copyright.PENANAO0KXwGXUmD
The third way.11Please respect copyright.PENANA0cgfLlmidk
11Please respect copyright.PENANAxSsFXt1ZcP
Not return.11Please respect copyright.PENANA3sOjt1LJch
Not repetition.11Please respect copyright.PENANAFWHfY5lSaB
11Please respect copyright.PENANAlm4KkEeyiJ
But—11Please respect copyright.PENANAahbC5htNJo
11Please respect copyright.PENANAullHl6Lk8E
A future with no name.