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A cruel inner voice, dressed as sympathy, comes minutes later. Reset her, it says. Reset her so she can be free of this pain.
Eventually, you hear Dolores’ breathing even out. She’s asleep, and you’re grateful for that. Fuck that voice. There’s no freedom for Dolores as long as she stays in the park. Sure, Behavior will remove these awful memories. Then they’ll put her right back on the ranch for a whole batch of new ones. Over and over.
You want to put a stop to this.
That thought in itself is a miracle. You want to do something. For years, your aspirations have thrashed in the mud. You barely picked your head up, content to choke in the slop of pretending that you’re fine. But you’re an imposter, even among the other worms who dig and scrape themselves out of deeper muck than you. Wanting to help Dolores is fresh, clean air pouring into chronically deflated lungs. You breathe, and you want to keep breathing as you rub your thumb over her skin.
Saving Dolores isn’t going to magically fix your problems, but you are going to find a way to help her before the mud clogs your throat again.
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Series
- Part 1 of The Mirror