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around the mirror

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were just

el before dawn,

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what i

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the c

learned to wear

the world, free

arette with

shadow peeled aw

sm

eneath a red evening sky. His boots left no footprints. His shadow moved a

d outside

onto cracked pavement. Through the window, fam

ory. Mimicry. The Hollow had learned that humans we

hed open

rned. One child dropped

yes w

ered, "that man's

smi

r shushed

lickered onc

ounter, the

ecogni

wk

Should've died

lean apron, smiling

both

em - not as men, but as infec

at the

slid him

lly leaves Breac

o one ever dies

the diner window. Identical. Just a

one n

n't need mons

eded

had learned t