The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.20Please respect copyright.PENANAsYmeDf3yjV
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAGCHgJr6zb1
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.20Please respect copyright.PENANAiDGgaJQeGI
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.20Please respect copyright.PENANA4HJZojJfjl
Was it himself? A residue?20Please respect copyright.PENANAmQEjvyfQio
Or a ghost never chosen?20Please respect copyright.PENANAJLS3vkT4aa
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.20Please respect copyright.PENANAfscZnnQvP6
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."20Please respect copyright.PENANAw4x6d2uYBh
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.20Please respect copyright.PENANA6iqR3ZEUko
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"20Please respect copyright.PENANANMl1LtbFpn
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He gave no answer.20Please respect copyright.PENANAenLZFKamHh
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.20Please respect copyright.PENANA92IduLySB1
The posture was his, the scars too.20Please respect copyright.PENANAqu876YWM5A
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.20Please respect copyright.PENANAhZPwdrhMUO
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.20Please respect copyright.PENANAcofw0p2jqi
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"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"20Please respect copyright.PENANATvGPWbJDq4
The voice pressed closer.20Please respect copyright.PENANAao25PvgPlJ
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."20Please respect copyright.PENANANxoT8r2XMk
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He turned away.20Please respect copyright.PENANAAFbjJeR74F
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.20Please respect copyright.PENANAEU8mMYqDJi
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.20Please respect copyright.PENANAPvVYkSbICg
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.20Please respect copyright.PENANAhbhfZMZdBC
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."20Please respect copyright.PENANAZdgzLN0a5w
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"Then—choose."20Please respect copyright.PENANA5l61RkSrBW
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The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.20Please respect copyright.PENANAR6sQ4qnmoC
He didn't look back.20Please respect copyright.PENANApGd4sx0lx1
He knew nothing would be there.20Please respect copyright.PENANA5impJQVpm1
And yet, he heard it.20Please respect copyright.PENANAxAYwa0cTRw
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"Choose which one of you will remain."20Please respect copyright.PENANAqRirZQD3ff
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He clenched his fists.20Please respect copyright.PENANAmjf3rOKcoW
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,20Please respect copyright.PENANA2OXQRzfKez
Too real to abandon,20Please respect copyright.PENANAgnFM5LAVEO
Too entangled to claim.20Please respect copyright.PENANApE1B2GidaC
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"What if I don't want to be either?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAXOTqqYAcT9
He asked the air, voice hoarse.20Please respect copyright.PENANA8wygKkIBI8
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"Then become—20Please respect copyright.PENANAXMY4rLcvqH
the memory that survived the collapse."20Please respect copyright.PENANAZd8Ry2QlzW
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The mirror cracked.20Please respect copyright.PENANAvmrcqELCar
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Not from pressure.20Please respect copyright.PENANA46dqB3JgZV
Not from sound.20Please respect copyright.PENANACGdI59cxTh
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But from time.20Please respect copyright.PENANA36BbLXvjDK
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:20Please respect copyright.PENANA1czXtndmkx
They had never truly been separate.20Please respect copyright.PENANAJl6GFSiDKF
And now, they could never fully merge.20Please respect copyright.PENANAPVddmyDCn5
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They could only—20Please respect copyright.PENANA3MnejIngNj
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Overlay.20Please respect copyright.PENANA9tKj1SBs8J
Fracture.20Please respect copyright.PENANApLG5NeNTy6
Echo.20Please respect copyright.PENANAyX7MBSxDxC
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Reflections That Do Not Return20Please respect copyright.PENANAc8tRIZKu9Y
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.20Please respect copyright.PENANA83otLXEge1
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—20Please respect copyright.PENANA2ixAi5cO9G
A different version of himself emerged:20Please respect copyright.PENANA40iDDcUjKY
Some young, some aged.20Please respect copyright.PENANAnfZqWzul0w
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.20Please respect copyright.PENANAu9Goag8jcw
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"Are these… all me?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAmAPLnMHch8
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,20Please respect copyright.PENANAUhveumGqsW
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?20Please respect copyright.PENANASaWWeauA9w
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.20Please respect copyright.PENANALaARVzY0P8
But it reflected not the room—20Please respect copyright.PENANAdx2sjLgbUE
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It reflected time:20Please respect copyright.PENANARHP2mC1HKQ
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A Friday dusk,20Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ0T381Q6C
A Tuesday's echo,20Please respect copyright.PENANAVmiJwq9WNS
The moment the cross appeared,20Please respect copyright.PENANAaWMKSfFNdf
And the last turn of her figure.20Please respect copyright.PENANAqff5l46yhO
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"You didn't choose an identity,"20Please respect copyright.PENANAfm3kBHSmxP
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.20Please respect copyright.PENANA2oBlqZHHEZ
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,20Please respect copyright.PENANAAQSCcZf6m8
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.20Please respect copyright.PENANAsqRwC3Y0XJ
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"You chose the version of yourself—20Please respect copyright.PENANAJst9kNDWyD
that could survive."20Please respect copyright.PENANAsL0cvvGKsI
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He stared at the fragments.20Please respect copyright.PENANAigFj0fvddq
Each one, a future with no return.20Please respect copyright.PENANAS90BRNHepM
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAjJstcAd6Il
He asked, barely audible.20Please respect copyright.PENANAwkaOXf5pxF
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"Then you'll be trapped—20Please respect copyright.PENANA4Lyu25wKfj
within this fracture,20Please respect copyright.PENANAMdzAGTCTDR
until the next cycle calls you back."20Please respect copyright.PENANAkyZHfHClpN
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Silence again.20Please respect copyright.PENANAERF3bNsGem
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Then he whispered:20Please respect copyright.PENANAsQoGPGaxOt
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"I don't want to wake up again…20Please respect copyright.PENANABCgxE6gSsq
if waking means forgetting her."20Please respect copyright.PENANAqQ2ATDmej3
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The mirror flickered.20Please respect copyright.PENANAePJi9kb12X
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—20Please respect copyright.PENANAJiJ4c1xRXN
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"You'll forget what I said,"20Please respect copyright.PENANAEKK4fEEOt3
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…20Please respect copyright.PENANAexOtDTvGRl
and that I never left."20Please respect copyright.PENANAUCoCuBjnNj
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.20Please respect copyright.PENANAL943W5DdSR
The eternity hidden within Friday.20Please respect copyright.PENANA2qPdaBFtEO
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No ticking clock,20Please respect copyright.PENANAdRHXQZ0qAh
No urgency.20Please respect copyright.PENANAhOF3Ly6MIq
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Only breath—20Please respect copyright.PENANAnFi6Ja4cB4
And something deeper still:20Please respect copyright.PENANAGTpUOlEIgb
The echo of his own heartbeat,20Please respect copyright.PENANAwRCkkS3VQO
splintering across time.20Please respect copyright.PENANAdiIv4LF1HH
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A single crack stretched across the floor,20Please respect copyright.PENANAVS8Boe5vb3
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.20Please respect copyright.PENANAwxXjbxnJFl
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One wrong step,20Please respect copyright.PENANAak1MMV3yiK
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.20Please respect copyright.PENANAdbBED34n09
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He knelt and picked up a shard.20Please respect copyright.PENANAtDKdF8yp2x
Its surface stirred memory—20Please respect copyright.PENANAVxarBMm0ri
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.20Please respect copyright.PENANAEjYm9Y5uwF
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."20Please respect copyright.PENANAZThoG0PG97
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—20Please respect copyright.PENANAAzW0AHy4rV
Young, certain, full of hope.20Please respect copyright.PENANAaNNuexycMU
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,20Please respect copyright.PENANA442daz1tDR
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.20Please respect copyright.PENANAQaRCbtR5Yi
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:20Please respect copyright.PENANAAYErvIe849
2025.2.19 // 28:0120Please respect copyright.PENANApuBkrS7uw7
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She whispered—20Please respect copyright.PENANA5nUnnODzK1
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.20Please respect copyright.PENANAMH6pxHk1bh
It's meant—for choosing."20Please respect copyright.PENANArNytNUFDwc
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Something within him stirred—20Please respect copyright.PENANAaVSbEn7vWy
First gentle,20Please respect copyright.PENANAb3m7NHVcMp
Then forceful,20Please respect copyright.PENANAM7SCpZ1vXa
Almost irresistible.20Please respect copyright.PENANAA5fe64voxw
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A pull born of her voice,20Please respect copyright.PENANA0aEoj0vCfr
Of her silence,20Please respect copyright.PENANAv6HzE1if2j
Of every name forgotten by time.20Please respect copyright.PENANAOUEHXZUHiK
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"Then… how do I choose?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAGklzPXp8xu
He asked not the mirror now,20Please respect copyright.PENANA281yhGn8wg
But the entire world.20Please respect copyright.PENANAujAqyFAn1r
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"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,20Please respect copyright.PENANA7rvNUPK6mn
"was never the answer—20Please respect copyright.PENANACLAedQWwvz
only the cost."20Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ4iU0gj5O
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He opened his eyes.20Please respect copyright.PENANAXOsNIfjxKZ
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—20Please respect copyright.PENANAGsqdCBOfFF
An ending already written,20Please respect copyright.PENANA2ziViXTpTj
Yet never spoken.20Please respect copyright.PENANAewNjSfHY3t
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You Remember Too Much20Please respect copyright.PENANAZtslxuCGgg
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,20Please respect copyright.PENANAN9tiBuzvZG
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.20Please respect copyright.PENANAysDzDyox5I
So now, only one question remains:20Please respect copyright.PENANAjriFFnRHts
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Who will you remain for?"20Please respect copyright.PENANAVK9ZIJcvHF
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"You've always remembered,"20Please respect copyright.PENANAm5IoR0fTBc
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.20Please respect copyright.PENANAjPFxJ0FXCb
20Please respect copyright.PENANAWdtiPz9QkI
"You just didn't want to admit it."20Please respect copyright.PENANACPyex7Plsl
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"And you've never truly let go,"20Please respect copyright.PENANASe81LONlZq
Li An-Qing's voice followed,20Please respect copyright.PENANAKW47Jdn8j3
Like light after the rain.20Please respect copyright.PENANA1HNaSH2L2T
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"Because you know—20Please respect copyright.PENANAKv5tAhdUeG
this was never yours to end."20Please respect copyright.PENANASUBOpMSHnp
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He stood between the mirror and the fracture.20Please respect copyright.PENANAkG3MDw90CQ
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Behind him—wreckage of the past.20Please respect copyright.PENANA6RKYLSKySs
Before him—a nameless exit.20Please respect copyright.PENANAV03BTjMPlm
20Please respect copyright.PENANAg0YmKgEXqQ
"If I can't become him…20Please respect copyright.PENANACr2Awgt7bw
and I can't just be myself…20Please respect copyright.PENANAw5njhjR58B
what is left of me?"20Please respect copyright.PENANARF8QuCBtMU
20Please respect copyright.PENANAjs8dmqRsXV
"Memory," they said in unison.20Please respect copyright.PENANAJVVqeC1elF
20Please respect copyright.PENANALZv4JWHAoe
Not names.20Please respect copyright.PENANAYw4Z16hdSt
Not roles.20Please respect copyright.PENANAVkzcUjX4ol
But something heavier—20Please respect copyright.PENANAWBw5ohuRad
A will strong enough to pierce time.20Please respect copyright.PENANAnXJXaXBINE
20Please respect copyright.PENANA8Gvq8giF82
If names fade, let them.20Please respect copyright.PENANA6KnSdrmgGi
If roles collapse, stop defining them.20Please respect copyright.PENANAiFAHeKGqAj
20Please respect copyright.PENANAWu7vHhmFZz
"You don't need a name,"20Please respect copyright.PENANAqBcrI5UwDo
Yang An-Ting whispered.20Please respect copyright.PENANAm8LSJ4qMXB
"Because now—you remember us."20Please respect copyright.PENANAMs24RxLncS
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"You only need to keep walking,"20Please respect copyright.PENANAm9bGzt50Ia
Li An-Qing said next.20Please respect copyright.PENANA0socZFg9FG
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."20Please respect copyright.PENANAHfNLi9Wk9f
20Please respect copyright.PENANAYHcymgm4MZ
The fractures began to close—20Please respect copyright.PENANA0C9C6YqwhL
Not as an end,20Please respect copyright.PENANAIjWt34Loiq
But as a silent reformation.20Please respect copyright.PENANAw7Ryz5l95i
20Please respect copyright.PENANANV4eomQiTb
Shattered timelines intertwined,20Please respect copyright.PENANAT9HdeEBx2F
Forming a new path—20Please respect copyright.PENANAN2EyJ1oizB
Free of judgment,20Please respect copyright.PENANAlqSxy1M8tC
Free of labels,20Please respect copyright.PENANA0ibsk7RY5W
Free of the need to look back.20Please respect copyright.PENANAt1G0hYJYBs
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It was—20Please respect copyright.PENANABSr3sG6ErH
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The third way.20Please respect copyright.PENANAsFhbrotvZi
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Not return.20Please respect copyright.PENANAk2iIThRPR3
Not repetition.20Please respect copyright.PENANAb9JZImAVn6
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But—20Please respect copyright.PENANAG2fKhSfHSO
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A future with no name.