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    She’s reading to him, a generator manual that looks well read. The pages are yellow and water stained around her long fingers. His vision lazily trails from the book to his bloodied sheets and back to the stranger. Is he hallucinating a comforting presence to make his reality less burdensome? When had his visions ever been pleasant?
    A pretty girl to sit by his bedside and comfort him in his death. It reminds him of the soft moments of peace in his childhood that he held onto with a white knuckled grip. It reminds him of the few moments his mother felt like a mother. He tries to reach out and touch her hand, just to see if she’s a fantasy meant to remind him of everything he never fully had only for the pain to jolt up his entire abdomen. That works too. He manages to stifle the pained groan that wants to shoot out from the simple motion.

     

    Lightly inspired by the myth of Circe in the odyssey. (Lightly)

    Language:
    English
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    Chapters:
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