5 Years, 99th Penalty

pposedly paralyzed after an accident. I sacrificed my youth, nurturing his phantom pains and end

ached, revealed his "paralysis" was a lie. I was merely "penalty numbe

ystematically replaced. Then came the "ninety-ninth penalty": a brutal ambush in a derelict war

l-deep violation, the crushing realization of my utter powerlessness

uld disappear, truly vanish. My staged death would be his unwitting farewell, and