The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.38Please respect copyright.PENANAAsUjtXOQw1
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAbxeJN7bWgN
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.38Please respect copyright.PENANAj9dsKvdngF
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.38Please respect copyright.PENANAOYMIqiKAlk
Was it himself? A residue?38Please respect copyright.PENANALE5uoElFBK
Or a ghost never chosen?38Please respect copyright.PENANAsL69tN7t8k
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.38Please respect copyright.PENANAx1AerKAv1C
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."38Please respect copyright.PENANAFjvRczIdTZ
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.38Please respect copyright.PENANAPAXzyINCjV
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAB0bgbCZo2O
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He gave no answer.38Please respect copyright.PENANAdig83xwZrh
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.38Please respect copyright.PENANAeqVC0GUKex
The posture was his, the scars too.38Please respect copyright.PENANAuMTifYuFqf
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.38Please respect copyright.PENANATlrBoZyEYB
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJDsThBtlYU
38Please respect copyright.PENANAN9WjzfIetA
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"38Please respect copyright.PENANATZTraZqpyp
The voice pressed closer.38Please respect copyright.PENANAqpjFwzzu5u
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."38Please respect copyright.PENANAkx6yeBBZGv
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He turned away.38Please respect copyright.PENANA8MNbfZv21S
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHUuidr7tyf
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.38Please respect copyright.PENANAMCn2BcJOMk
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.38Please respect copyright.PENANAAwHHcdQGo3
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."38Please respect copyright.PENANAHNrGry52fW
38Please respect copyright.PENANA1oD51taaYI
"Then—choose."38Please respect copyright.PENANA1PrXdw5MRK
38Please respect copyright.PENANAd33U3wTFxO
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.38Please respect copyright.PENANA3jARjEtv8M
He didn't look back.38Please respect copyright.PENANAgn4n8iMwJ8
He knew nothing would be there.38Please respect copyright.PENANAwLuEMwecQs
And yet, he heard it.38Please respect copyright.PENANA9tWARwFgD7
38Please respect copyright.PENANAvCVjskaOQS
"Choose which one of you will remain."38Please respect copyright.PENANAWWk0obyZNT
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He clenched his fists.38Please respect copyright.PENANA7D7IHQXT2J
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,38Please respect copyright.PENANAXULrJXalhH
Too real to abandon,38Please respect copyright.PENANAatwQkg2YQ4
Too entangled to claim.38Please respect copyright.PENANAdC29cYUAqX
38Please respect copyright.PENANAp9VPhMkT0Z
"What if I don't want to be either?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAGa3jYeGPEM
He asked the air, voice hoarse.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJQLgx6G1GU
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"Then become—38Please respect copyright.PENANAr7aPWoKWH4
the memory that survived the collapse."38Please respect copyright.PENANAFbVMUWk96n
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The mirror cracked.38Please respect copyright.PENANABzToX9PNmJ
38Please respect copyright.PENANAWpZykbvjVE
Not from pressure.38Please respect copyright.PENANAXYmiI87Zuu
Not from sound.38Please respect copyright.PENANAg6JAGlUPnz
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But from time.38Please respect copyright.PENANAD1MGO3Cd5C
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:38Please respect copyright.PENANAHuxdwNqtIs
They had never truly been separate.38Please respect copyright.PENANAllrpEKZSPm
And now, they could never fully merge.38Please respect copyright.PENANAtgbn1tDCMv
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They could only—38Please respect copyright.PENANAy8eemtya0C
38Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9vH319fT6
Overlay.38Please respect copyright.PENANACmgpOnNFcz
Fracture.38Please respect copyright.PENANALFwZbrSh3A
Echo.38Please respect copyright.PENANAkoZtquMgpK
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---38Please respect copyright.PENANACe3cWyDOC9
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Reflections That Do Not Return38Please respect copyright.PENANA4N4GkV3sGh
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.38Please respect copyright.PENANAAj5kny8VzT
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—38Please respect copyright.PENANAZZnEsyHvI3
A different version of himself emerged:38Please respect copyright.PENANAaZTlJQ5PM9
Some young, some aged.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHpJCtfkcsS
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.38Please respect copyright.PENANAGZdujRsdiM
38Please respect copyright.PENANAd1e7ZJ9evQ
"Are these… all me?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAwRQ901skpo
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,38Please respect copyright.PENANAXEeEfl33KE
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?38Please respect copyright.PENANAoLXENMCdTL
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.38Please respect copyright.PENANACXxpj1bwPx
But it reflected not the room—38Please respect copyright.PENANAIiTH3mYeL1
38Please respect copyright.PENANAzVeZGBybeD
It reflected time:38Please respect copyright.PENANAyG0NhUzk3U
38Please respect copyright.PENANAxkhrKdjwQw
A Friday dusk,38Please respect copyright.PENANAirAYpJhxPe
A Tuesday's echo,38Please respect copyright.PENANA4kvSL5ETzT
The moment the cross appeared,38Please respect copyright.PENANAm4w6U8DD0P
And the last turn of her figure.38Please respect copyright.PENANAlvCDz1Aevp
38Please respect copyright.PENANA7youhG5mGu
"You didn't choose an identity,"38Please respect copyright.PENANAwehkdCt7Jp
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.38Please respect copyright.PENANAx5VoBHjFYe
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,38Please respect copyright.PENANAUyK4jDcY9g
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.38Please respect copyright.PENANA67SiHWAnrX
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"You chose the version of yourself—38Please respect copyright.PENANAJ91pPYfImd
that could survive."38Please respect copyright.PENANAtVmUDcKKvn
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He stared at the fragments.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHBYQEzNPko
Each one, a future with no return.38Please respect copyright.PENANAzR7GC1DL42
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAOiKVacWnOh
He asked, barely audible.38Please respect copyright.PENANA5aPMRNFCRn
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"Then you'll be trapped—38Please respect copyright.PENANAuWX5otXnEr
within this fracture,38Please respect copyright.PENANAqQJvCN1bsj
until the next cycle calls you back."38Please respect copyright.PENANAhU7gUES6Fh
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Silence again.38Please respect copyright.PENANAt797GKlmtA
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Then he whispered:38Please respect copyright.PENANA7hAEQd50iM
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"I don't want to wake up again…38Please respect copyright.PENANALB4Wzp5dHt
if waking means forgetting her."38Please respect copyright.PENANAoSUiB9qwPS
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The mirror flickered.38Please respect copyright.PENANAq1Ql0s79M2
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—38Please respect copyright.PENANANOBIo0JQhm
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"You'll forget what I said,"38Please respect copyright.PENANAjVFVicPJMg
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…38Please respect copyright.PENANAuFUkPcBdFQ
and that I never left."38Please respect copyright.PENANANOTcA1Kbrr
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.38Please respect copyright.PENANAH8uCbuOwn6
The eternity hidden within Friday.38Please respect copyright.PENANAXOTTMjhSIN
38Please respect copyright.PENANAevVyXv6lmX
No ticking clock,38Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ6w6DHbHM
No urgency.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHrPWnnTfNd
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Only breath—38Please respect copyright.PENANAwNpPPf125z
And something deeper still:38Please respect copyright.PENANAQtruw4NtHg
The echo of his own heartbeat,38Please respect copyright.PENANAUSgKbIlNrl
splintering across time.38Please respect copyright.PENANAOYIXyvO5GR
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A single crack stretched across the floor,38Please respect copyright.PENANAPoeJzQcu0h
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.38Please respect copyright.PENANAoGaSBBdWW1
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One wrong step,38Please respect copyright.PENANAlvEF0Top31
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.38Please respect copyright.PENANAm1JFC0LYlB
38Please respect copyright.PENANARR0WBO36TS
He knelt and picked up a shard.38Please respect copyright.PENANA2RnxPJmj6L
Its surface stirred memory—38Please respect copyright.PENANABhS7omy3OI
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.38Please respect copyright.PENANAqC55poQNsX
38Please respect copyright.PENANAQbOrHjIKRj
"He said he'd come back… He promised."38Please respect copyright.PENANAUMYJDuHFor
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—38Please respect copyright.PENANAqkvtMyQPzr
Young, certain, full of hope.38Please respect copyright.PENANA4bmgeVdlzf
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,38Please respect copyright.PENANAbFXu0F5t1c
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.38Please respect copyright.PENANAHZU219wLV5
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:38Please respect copyright.PENANAHnS2mU7PZc
2025.2.19 // 28:0138Please respect copyright.PENANA7k25l2nphU
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She whispered—38Please respect copyright.PENANAnd7FkpwFpi
38Please respect copyright.PENANAB5OODPi9S4
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.38Please respect copyright.PENANANd4AP8mjip
It's meant—for choosing."38Please respect copyright.PENANAhNKWOM3Kio
38Please respect copyright.PENANADUQLm3zbop
Something within him stirred—38Please respect copyright.PENANA8TVwJCfMkJ
First gentle,38Please respect copyright.PENANA6Sy4XSeUwA
Then forceful,38Please respect copyright.PENANAyBvUXYHYnP
Almost irresistible.38Please respect copyright.PENANAisnw2Kidbm
38Please respect copyright.PENANATG2silDnlR
A pull born of her voice,38Please respect copyright.PENANAxUNKnfuOw7
Of her silence,38Please respect copyright.PENANA0bULUz2wLv
Of every name forgotten by time.38Please respect copyright.PENANA0l7epX6lPw
38Please respect copyright.PENANAEAUbn5B16f
"Then… how do I choose?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAQMuU0eIgzq
He asked not the mirror now,38Please respect copyright.PENANAPORsZKVJZj
But the entire world.38Please respect copyright.PENANAydy8mD0iAa
38Please respect copyright.PENANAcqWo9O92rX
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,38Please respect copyright.PENANA4vvO6wQSim
"was never the answer—38Please respect copyright.PENANAi6hVc9rZhk
only the cost."38Please respect copyright.PENANAU5tMwP9tF1
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He opened his eyes.38Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4F53CzcVI
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—38Please respect copyright.PENANA0ejotO7Ed4
An ending already written,38Please respect copyright.PENANAZVOf2iSgUh
Yet never spoken.38Please respect copyright.PENANAq75aAQ8Tf6
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---38Please respect copyright.PENANA2Du6UF2ltZ
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You Remember Too Much38Please respect copyright.PENANAyeW4SMWg34
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,38Please respect copyright.PENANAASdGYV3Ukt
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.38Please respect copyright.PENANAI7hBjUNYqz
So now, only one question remains:38Please respect copyright.PENANA8ofTax2wwM
38Please respect copyright.PENANAqR0Qbp9270
Who will you remain for?"38Please respect copyright.PENANAhEPsMrRcvj
38Please respect copyright.PENANAzULpVnebKZ
"You've always remembered,"38Please respect copyright.PENANAtL8BhTPLOu
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.38Please respect copyright.PENANAtvyaSum9ga
38Please respect copyright.PENANAPgHoc2sqqU
"You just didn't want to admit it."38Please respect copyright.PENANAmLnDOYHXI2
38Please respect copyright.PENANAhsyuOlkLPe
"And you've never truly let go,"38Please respect copyright.PENANABiTqnto9JX
Li An-Qing's voice followed,38Please respect copyright.PENANAEpH9Gvgmbg
Like light after the rain.38Please respect copyright.PENANASD9r99hUit
38Please respect copyright.PENANAEtjleXb88l
"Because you know—38Please respect copyright.PENANAiHhzL9QEWU
this was never yours to end."38Please respect copyright.PENANA1GOpt1959F
38Please respect copyright.PENANAyI5mTCOd4a
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.38Please respect copyright.PENANAPqOmTFbI6H
38Please respect copyright.PENANA7HKY5uDp8b
Behind him—wreckage of the past.38Please respect copyright.PENANAZIASte59qA
Before him—a nameless exit.38Please respect copyright.PENANA8bf1eoLbLN
38Please respect copyright.PENANA1FIS9dwDx9
"If I can't become him…38Please respect copyright.PENANA8b7Lj8b0uN
and I can't just be myself…38Please respect copyright.PENANA0WgcNHAaxu
what is left of me?"38Please respect copyright.PENANA1FZQHClxGj
38Please respect copyright.PENANAsudfPSctdm
"Memory," they said in unison.38Please respect copyright.PENANAnbTNDkbUXv
38Please respect copyright.PENANAhzp7bHpSYr
Not names.38Please respect copyright.PENANAKN5UFOy1eo
Not roles.38Please respect copyright.PENANAz0O9xyPAY2
But something heavier—38Please respect copyright.PENANAE4OnL1Y67A
A will strong enough to pierce time.38Please respect copyright.PENANAEchJf1YMRB
38Please respect copyright.PENANAIswvcLpl3x
If names fade, let them.38Please respect copyright.PENANAnh24f3PZAu
If roles collapse, stop defining them.38Please respect copyright.PENANA5FAIUbIO3C
38Please respect copyright.PENANAx2z3PQwpGS
"You don't need a name,"38Please respect copyright.PENANAlATsceJJQJ
Yang An-Ting whispered.38Please respect copyright.PENANAClKenazl0A
"Because now—you remember us."38Please respect copyright.PENANASxncEG3bpI
38Please respect copyright.PENANAvVsVTmdwxZ
"You only need to keep walking,"38Please respect copyright.PENANAd0PEEQxfWT
Li An-Qing said next.38Please respect copyright.PENANAqy6uPFBIz0
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."38Please respect copyright.PENANAQkERaO7P71
38Please respect copyright.PENANAYQRFQVarjV
The fractures began to close—38Please respect copyright.PENANAAmGZQchkVk
Not as an end,38Please respect copyright.PENANAct3UCuVxZt
But as a silent reformation.38Please respect copyright.PENANAVsv2VZOy1m
38Please respect copyright.PENANAxpqntEAIPC
Shattered timelines intertwined,38Please respect copyright.PENANA2F1TYXBR1P
Forming a new path—38Please respect copyright.PENANAtW2uAf37jP
Free of judgment,38Please respect copyright.PENANArNFg7xcToB
Free of labels,38Please respect copyright.PENANA19UJxJ0xSy
Free of the need to look back.38Please respect copyright.PENANAFY2ZUs2K1i
38Please respect copyright.PENANAs5a0LWc2pn
It was—38Please respect copyright.PENANAIrPTFd8q32
38Please respect copyright.PENANAEnnPIqXynR
The third way.38Please respect copyright.PENANApedRGcICE6
38Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZLASYFvDX
Not return.38Please respect copyright.PENANA46oHm5mOjd
Not repetition.38Please respect copyright.PENANA4275NS0mGR
38Please respect copyright.PENANAtQd97YpVNi
But—38Please respect copyright.PENANAg9DuTqunt6
38Please respect copyright.PENANAFAPiCapaGn
A future with no name.