The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.13Please respect copyright.PENANAOrEEx7mdUc
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"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8UYttOAUc
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A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.13Please respect copyright.PENANAbiCMGetHw9
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.13Please respect copyright.PENANA9QENjjKLni
Was it himself? A residue?13Please respect copyright.PENANAN1gu0Qeb8q
Or a ghost never chosen?13Please respect copyright.PENANAgg4L0Lmkze
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"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.13Please respect copyright.PENANAjAF1jIJc3o
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."13Please respect copyright.PENANAQG1DwTlztg
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From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.13Please respect copyright.PENANAzbe7BQpu4t
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"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAsy3HTMxIP8
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He gave no answer.13Please respect copyright.PENANAB5ULD8uV68
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The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.13Please respect copyright.PENANAaVLX7fvg5s
The posture was his, the scars too.13Please respect copyright.PENANAbyrXAE5pdQ
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.13Please respect copyright.PENANAAt5iZS3PqQ
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.13Please respect copyright.PENANAlwwOAcFv2D
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"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAzFgBJsUVY1
The voice pressed closer.13Please respect copyright.PENANAxHLFQ1r1Rp
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."13Please respect copyright.PENANA31kTeVyRik
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He turned away.13Please respect copyright.PENANApuYZp9bwAF
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.13Please respect copyright.PENANAGNmyY7VWlA
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.13Please respect copyright.PENANA1R1OMlu86h
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"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.13Please respect copyright.PENANA1zji4p0Lix
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."13Please respect copyright.PENANAvfjfgcl7a7
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"Then—choose."13Please respect copyright.PENANActx7xWStQH
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The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.13Please respect copyright.PENANANRkuuWLhs9
He didn't look back.13Please respect copyright.PENANATl4SoyuwSb
He knew nothing would be there.13Please respect copyright.PENANAzhZMBKfui6
And yet, he heard it.13Please respect copyright.PENANAAsIYCBS93c
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"Choose which one of you will remain."13Please respect copyright.PENANAf3puXNKlbe
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He clenched his fists.13Please respect copyright.PENANA14vnGivZDW
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,13Please respect copyright.PENANASN6tnbiXb3
Too real to abandon,13Please respect copyright.PENANAV1gx8TmNRW
Too entangled to claim.13Please respect copyright.PENANAewwx7L8h6y
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"What if I don't want to be either?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAliXpFcwF00
He asked the air, voice hoarse.13Please respect copyright.PENANAxzYX1rSf7a
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"Then become—13Please respect copyright.PENANAqvhlAWuh6R
the memory that survived the collapse."13Please respect copyright.PENANARcnJFsOIEQ
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The mirror cracked.13Please respect copyright.PENANAWFOsWhqhuI
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Not from pressure.13Please respect copyright.PENANALRW60mlwjZ
Not from sound.13Please respect copyright.PENANA7N22QV0kgr
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But from time.13Please respect copyright.PENANAb9vvkhwSuh
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As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:13Please respect copyright.PENANAPalR4KRBAv
They had never truly been separate.13Please respect copyright.PENANAXdpbJkYUSt
And now, they could never fully merge.13Please respect copyright.PENANAge8M1z9lKP
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They could only—13Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3IOZnQE5F
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Overlay.13Please respect copyright.PENANArnAma5s0Ni
Fracture.13Please respect copyright.PENANATBpy4AT0w0
Echo.13Please respect copyright.PENANAJAKSkiCm6q
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Reflections That Do Not Return13Please respect copyright.PENANAzTpqHAbyu1
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When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.13Please respect copyright.PENANAJuMmsPaPpT
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Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—13Please respect copyright.PENANAS5jnT4Vd4r
A different version of himself emerged:13Please respect copyright.PENANAAaZyLSAnFQ
Some young, some aged.13Please respect copyright.PENANARRjKdLEf6Y
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.13Please respect copyright.PENANARns42VyUUU
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"Are these… all me?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAFzwUK9Pyy9
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His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,13Please respect copyright.PENANASBscdjKwX5
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?13Please respect copyright.PENANAia0PbNCx9y
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A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.13Please respect copyright.PENANAwzS4wy8tvl
But it reflected not the room—13Please respect copyright.PENANA6JgveqAZoh
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It reflected time:13Please respect copyright.PENANA7RuV4DvSjt
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A Friday dusk,13Please respect copyright.PENANAf2qtBFL1UM
A Tuesday's echo,13Please respect copyright.PENANAzwn89xLqoW
The moment the cross appeared,13Please respect copyright.PENANAsPHMovwZTx
And the last turn of her figure.13Please respect copyright.PENANAn4klBSZdS9
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"You didn't choose an identity,"13Please respect copyright.PENANAiNrmQbkJNY
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.13Please respect copyright.PENANAq9grD6IQGV
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,13Please respect copyright.PENANAEHwhFFBFZZ
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.13Please respect copyright.PENANA6RyXqzJYPY
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"You chose the version of yourself—13Please respect copyright.PENANA2IRedBMsMP
that could survive."13Please respect copyright.PENANAeGfjdi5A2g
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He stared at the fragments.13Please respect copyright.PENANAfi8QsOQgq2
Each one, a future with no return.13Please respect copyright.PENANA5AD2ErebLh
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"And what if… I choose nothing?"13Please respect copyright.PENANA8RgZMwe4DJ
He asked, barely audible.13Please respect copyright.PENANAKJwrq0FBsE
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"Then you'll be trapped—13Please respect copyright.PENANAZNMhOerudF
within this fracture,13Please respect copyright.PENANADzvJuhan4v
until the next cycle calls you back."13Please respect copyright.PENANActtvfjh6G2
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Silence again.13Please respect copyright.PENANABmbwPICAtU
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Then he whispered:13Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q6Vq63fDo
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"I don't want to wake up again…13Please respect copyright.PENANA8iOMmAShZV
if waking means forgetting her."13Please respect copyright.PENANAhIGxdUpWgC
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The mirror flickered.13Please respect copyright.PENANAueD0WDSSNx
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Memories surfaced, playing on their own—13Please respect copyright.PENANAvPjfAX1PUD
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"You'll forget what I said,"13Please respect copyright.PENANA5YqLMqZJAy
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…13Please respect copyright.PENANA18OlatiJiL
and that I never left."13Please respect copyright.PENANACWbED4eQyH
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It was her voice—Li An-Qing.13Please respect copyright.PENANACZ8mLA3bfW
The eternity hidden within Friday.13Please respect copyright.PENANAvPrNB4skIc
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No ticking clock,13Please respect copyright.PENANAtojUExDcxV
No urgency.13Please respect copyright.PENANAlsFVdc7nAB
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Only breath—13Please respect copyright.PENANAtqXDRqQkqg
And something deeper still:13Please respect copyright.PENANAvtiWkcO51K
The echo of his own heartbeat,13Please respect copyright.PENANA8ruWGAYCWV
splintering across time.13Please respect copyright.PENANAXrih7OUCLl
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A single crack stretched across the floor,13Please respect copyright.PENANA4wXAFQNXku
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.13Please respect copyright.PENANAicYvKarfrP
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One wrong step,13Please respect copyright.PENANAtLVYP7zBma
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.13Please respect copyright.PENANAjh1dwkO167
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He knelt and picked up a shard.13Please respect copyright.PENANASuDDUtkwGI
Its surface stirred memory—13Please respect copyright.PENANAgUZgqb5DiB
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.13Please respect copyright.PENANAmSvVAZeYXX
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"He said he'd come back… He promised."13Please respect copyright.PENANAmRzZ1OI8iF
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It was Yang An-Ting's voice—13Please respect copyright.PENANAEE7HtgECww
Young, certain, full of hope.13Please respect copyright.PENANAiCFZBc0Rsi
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Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,13Please respect copyright.PENANA4jYBjU4WwX
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.13Please respect copyright.PENANARaKIflxyvw
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:13Please respect copyright.PENANASJcbwtjjbt
2025.2.19 // 28:0113Please respect copyright.PENANAEC67fDev7K
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She whispered—13Please respect copyright.PENANAIfEgj7PFbb
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"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.13Please respect copyright.PENANA5LOCKE6gG5
It's meant—for choosing."13Please respect copyright.PENANAu7hXGGQC2P
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Something within him stirred—13Please respect copyright.PENANAJV8QBujtmr
First gentle,13Please respect copyright.PENANAPcKIdo9Xth
Then forceful,13Please respect copyright.PENANALwgHltnLno
Almost irresistible.13Please respect copyright.PENANA0kyzgwbRYs
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A pull born of her voice,13Please respect copyright.PENANASE0KWEic6H
Of her silence,13Please respect copyright.PENANA014IBooLZQ
Of every name forgotten by time.13Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4mU7ujs6W
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"Then… how do I choose?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAegbgGrXBOw
He asked not the mirror now,13Please respect copyright.PENANA4XIPMlD2qT
But the entire world.13Please respect copyright.PENANA2rOQMh0aD5
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"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,13Please respect copyright.PENANAh9wPO8BYAU
"was never the answer—13Please respect copyright.PENANAn6JZg9V9Yt
only the cost."13Please respect copyright.PENANAQtK8AZCS1E
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He opened his eyes.13Please respect copyright.PENANA98QAq38vJt
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The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—13Please respect copyright.PENANArElIHg9E4h
An ending already written,13Please respect copyright.PENANA0nqCEi3FmF
Yet never spoken.13Please respect copyright.PENANAtGtoPyj2Ms
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You Remember Too Much13Please respect copyright.PENANAsakRW9Kfki
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"You remember too much," the voice murmured,13Please respect copyright.PENANAXsYGoz4L88
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.13Please respect copyright.PENANA2TeTU71UoM
So now, only one question remains:13Please respect copyright.PENANAYF57E5xwTB
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Who will you remain for?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAPAuPckCRpF
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"You've always remembered,"13Please respect copyright.PENANAxW2Bp7SfQg
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.13Please respect copyright.PENANARL77aVY2L7
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"You just didn't want to admit it."13Please respect copyright.PENANAONfMGAThzr
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"And you've never truly let go,"13Please respect copyright.PENANAn3qpmhytWp
Li An-Qing's voice followed,13Please respect copyright.PENANAJzZlIZYjGL
Like light after the rain.13Please respect copyright.PENANAl5fwHah2Q3
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"Because you know—13Please respect copyright.PENANAD1jrEACCOh
this was never yours to end."13Please respect copyright.PENANAAIVRQSTJ1Z
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He stood between the mirror and the fracture.13Please respect copyright.PENANAwdE4fZ3awV
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Behind him—wreckage of the past.13Please respect copyright.PENANAbVWuBIVD8N
Before him—a nameless exit.13Please respect copyright.PENANApXcoLP8Vz7
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"If I can't become him…13Please respect copyright.PENANAwhrIUDdn2l
and I can't just be myself…13Please respect copyright.PENANAp1GswmGTQV
what is left of me?"13Please respect copyright.PENANAFx5dVLLpOm
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"Memory," they said in unison.13Please respect copyright.PENANAYjOgoLgoVC
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Not names.13Please respect copyright.PENANAkK1VRlhJY7
Not roles.13Please respect copyright.PENANAyHIGEspXdi
But something heavier—13Please respect copyright.PENANA876AWYdgSL
A will strong enough to pierce time.13Please respect copyright.PENANAs0yIDUhgot
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If names fade, let them.13Please respect copyright.PENANAkpygkpKVFv
If roles collapse, stop defining them.13Please respect copyright.PENANAGBFzk2fg2J
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"You don't need a name,"13Please respect copyright.PENANAwbIc5O8Nt7
Yang An-Ting whispered.13Please respect copyright.PENANAr9XzPVe4hz
"Because now—you remember us."13Please respect copyright.PENANAOlcwMRMtIH
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"You only need to keep walking,"13Please respect copyright.PENANAcQqz4azgRa
Li An-Qing said next.13Please respect copyright.PENANA4cGWQOP1pz
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."13Please respect copyright.PENANAqtXkdsJvYr
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The fractures began to close—13Please respect copyright.PENANASHIe5gMUeh
Not as an end,13Please respect copyright.PENANAC1Ht0icG1W
But as a silent reformation.13Please respect copyright.PENANA74lktnEkoE
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Shattered timelines intertwined,13Please respect copyright.PENANAFEMhidqOuu
Forming a new path—13Please respect copyright.PENANASLBRwGcrIe
Free of judgment,13Please respect copyright.PENANAnW1CcZNW5k
Free of labels,13Please respect copyright.PENANAnYcm4wcDrO
Free of the need to look back.13Please respect copyright.PENANAVZS9yzcEbO
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It was—13Please respect copyright.PENANAw6J0SkHgkk
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The third way.13Please respect copyright.PENANAtmrxzJ4490
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Not return.13Please respect copyright.PENANARTDBScxMX5
Not repetition.13Please respect copyright.PENANAiPGsQqvo3R
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But—13Please respect copyright.PENANAp0RBQAFTrz
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A future with no name.