𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘:@carnalVivis3cti✶n Th3ir smil3s still ling3r in y✶ur pan. Y✶u l✶✶k3d at th3m, s✶m3 asc3nd3d, s✶m3 n✶t, as y✶u all pr✶mis3d t✶ g3t ✶ut t✶g3th3r. Y✶u h3ld hands, y✶u smil3d, y✶u f✶rg3d b✶nds that th3y said w3r3 unbr3akabl3. Funny h✶w brittl3 th3y r3ally w3r3. Fri3nd, th3y call3d y✶u. Pal. M✶irail. Mat3sprit. But wh3n3v3r y✶u said th✶s3 w✶rds, th3y sm3ll3d ✶f li3s. H✶w c✶uld th3y n✶t t3ll? H✶w c✶uld th3y n✶t l✶✶k at y✶u and kn✶w y✶ur c✶r3 d33p d✶wn? W✶uld things hav3 g✶n3 th3 sam3 if s✶m3thing hadn't g✶n3 h✶rribly wr✶ng? W✶uld y✶u hav3 still turn3d y✶ur back ✶n th3m? S✶ld th3ir s✶uls f✶r y✶ur ✶wn s3lfish gain? Pr✶bably. Y✶u n3v3r w3r3 a g✶✶d p3rs✶n, n✶ matt3r th3 play act y✶u put ✶n. Wh3n th3 whisp3rs cam3, y✶u f3lt at h✶m3. Th3y k3pt whisp3ring, sp3aking t✶ y✶u. Always wh3n things w3r3 at th3ir w✶rst. Wh3n th3 chips w3r3 d✶wn. Wh3n y✶u w3r3 bl✶✶dy and hurting. Wh3n y✶u w3r3 al✶n3, watching th3m thr✶ugh bubbl3s that w✶rk3d lik3 scrying p✶✶ls. H3ll. 3v3n wh3n y✶u sat acr✶ss fr✶m th3m, smiling, j✶king, th3y cam3 t✶ y✶u. Y✶u always f3lt mil3s away, w3aring a skin that didn't fit. B3ing a p3rs✶n y✶u w✶uld hav3 crush3d and c✶nsum3d if y✶u c✶uld. Y✶u hat3d that survival d3p3nd3d ✶n pl3asantri3s, ✶n kindn3ss, ✶n fals3ly acting lik3 y✶u gav3 a shit ab✶ut any✶n3 lik3 y✶urs3lf. "Witch," th3 v✶ic3s murmur3d, r✶lling it ar✶und lik3 it was 3%✶tic. "Y✶u kn✶w what will happ3n. W3 sh✶w3d y✶u. But y✶u can st✶p it. Y✶u can fi% it all." But y✶u didn't want t✶. S✶ y✶u sp✶k3 back, hiding fr✶m th3 ✶th3rs, k33ping s✶ far n✶ ✶n3 c✶uld h3ar y✶u. Th3y had whisp3r3d ab✶ut sacrific3, ab✶ut a savi✶r, ab✶ut putting y✶ur s3ssi✶n back ✶n track. But inst3ad? Y✶u mad3 an ✶ff3ring at th3ir alt3r. S✶ld th3m f✶r y✶ur ✶wn saf3ty. Trad3d th3m lik3 t✶k3ns y✶u n✶ l✶ng3r n33d3d. Liv3s f✶r p✶w3r, f✶r saf3ty. Y✶u l3d th3m t✶ th3 c✶lis3um ✶n th3 3dg3, lik3 a b✶wl ✶f f✶✶d f✶r what wait3d. T✶ld th3m y✶u f✶und a way t✶ sav3 y✶u all. T✶ld th3m it was a s3cr3t, a glitch. Y✶u t✶ld th3m t✶ wait as y✶u r3v3al3d it. Y✶ur M✶irail squ33z3d y✶ur hand, and y✶ur Mat3sprit thank3d y✶u with t3ars in his 3y3s. Th3ir scr3ams 3ch✶3d, th3 s✶unds ✶f t3aring fl3sh and p✶pping b✶n3. Y✶u st✶✶d, staring at th3m, watching with a gl3am in y✶ur 3y3. #Vi✶l3nc3, #G✶r3 Truly brutal. 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗
⪩ ... ⸸'m st⸸ll n⌖t s⌖rry. ⪨
And you never will be