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“Human emotions are too big for you.”
The figure behind you is tall. Featureless. Made of shifting shadows and blurred lines, though that may be an effect of tears in your eyes.
“This world is cold.”
No one else is in your room. This... thing exists solely in your reflection.
Bells jingle as it lowers its face beside yours. Long fingers crawl over your shoulders, crouching like spiders on your neck, claws tipping into your skin.
"I can save you,” it whispers. “All you have to do is look.”
Purple eyes shimmer in its face.
Breath held, you meet them.