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ok at myself, I d

omple

rface, a mix of bruises, both visible a

e city swallowed me whole, how I almost didn't come back. He listened like

im watching me from across

way I'm used to. Not angry or d

ly. The words feel like they carry the we

say, more certain

m. "Maybe. But I don't want to be

y are yo

ollow. "Because I don

o fix him. To be the o

reminds me I'm

trying to fit together, and

ook too long in the mirror, y

someon

ne da

r if I'm be