"Who got copied, who vanished? Who smiles with two kinds of smiles? Whose voice takes the place of two voices speaking? Who nods for two heads in agreement? Whose gesture lifts the teaspoon to the lips? Who peels off another's skin? Who is still alive, who has passed away, entangled in whose palm lines?"
—— "Selected Poems by Szymborska"
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Today marks the 32nd year since the Catastrophe, our first encounter.
He has a charisma that draws me in. I think I understand who I have been waiting for all this time. I invited him to walk with me, and he isn't afraid of me. This is a perfect start, I believe we will become very good friends, until the year my life comes to an end.
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"Dah, dah, dah."
Su Ming'an stepped back again and again, his vision spinning and collapsing in the Emotional Resonance, countless emotions colliding in his mind.
