A VIVID FANTASY OF CHANGE AND DEVASTATION

ccident. An idiot was driving and checking his cell phone while another idiot crossed the street without looking. Just two gu

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. Not that he was a very responsible person, but he didn´t want to get into lega

lutch his head. It was quite some time before I woke up again, or so I thought. In the midst of fantastic images of what I later understood to be a dream, I was flying between clouds and stormy winds; and I had the nice feeling that I was fin

girl is cliche, but I guess

nurse was startled to see me waking up so suddenly, and immediately went to the hall to call the doctor. Or at least I thought so

isappointed of still being alive. Some

that dream. That weak and flawed body finally pl

lescence that physical form called "male", the curse with which I was born, has caused me a tremendous re

wo people switch bodies and must learn to understand each other. Well, it was not a spell, n

y looked at me like a kid who just broke something and is afraid of a reprimand. I closed my eyes and tried to calm down. The respirator was starting to annoy me, and I was ju

approached a little timidly, almost as if asking permission. That bothered me greatly. Not the fact that he came closer, but the

but he seemed to want to speak standing up. He als

I want.

rupted. "I assume I

that. A private institution with a

ard with numbers. At that moment I was alarmed, since there was nothing I could

expected to come, or

ne of those stup

rcastically, and I noticed to my surprise that the ai

sfy the noses of their patients. Not helpful if hundreds of patients are g

y family is n

o contact them... or who you are. You didn

ents. I was going to do t

our name, and yo

. does it have a

o you." He said doubtfully while taking a breat

to nod

e noise of cars pounding in my ears? The flowers from the house on

looking at

ur memory wor

I said wanting to laugh, and annoyed with the

. Of course he didn´t look like one, but t

ven´t told

name... and a phone

them myself, but I d

... step by step. But I

ha

nto shock. That you

t gonna make

ll.

r. Although I will admit that... I´m

ll explai

for which I was immobilized from the neck down; as if I hadn´t noticed. He talked about how his organization would

stop treating me like an

know my name... and you want m

xchange for... well... Do you

Let me check

tinue with that? Or

nt. I just... What I want i

ic now that I

ure in a white lab coat that I hadn´t been a

ressed about yo

a sleepless mad scientist appro

alk again... And much more. As long

... you c

l, y

e me wal

rything will be

day was watching the latest episode of an anime series? Going to class, traveling by train, do the shopping, water the pl

ng. At times like these I tried to blank my mind, trying to create an inner silence long enough to let something true emerge from within. But at that time nothing came of it. I saw absolutely nothing

hout the slightest emotion, with a lost look

you are... we can change you," said

..? Change me?

u accept our conditions," he clarified, ho

azy on me, or to make sure I live as a useless

use you as a spare part depot," he

houghts. I gues

sign papers whose implications I didn´t know; but considering the a

pposed... to do

ital signature, using a voice recor