Scars Upon The Soul.
Pre-chapter
By: Ryu Katanna
Beta: Miyu Suzuki
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Pain. The inner tremors of the heart and mind. The abrasion of skin. A deceptive feeling of many forms. Of regret. Of betrayal. Of abandonment. Of atonement. Of love.
It is said that those of a selfless soul and spirit are often the ones who suffer the most.
Often times the bitterness that follows is enough to taint and corrupt even the purest of souls. Those who have been corrupted fall into the darkness of their hearts.
Lost to themselves they do not choose to be saved.
Those who have fallen will refuse to admit it, for they are blind to it. Yearning to be who they had once been; the soul becomes bitter and tainted.
For some, the darkness is there for only a short time. While for others the taint upon them is all ruling and welcomed in their desperation to escape the shell they have become.
The once pure soul will recede into their minds.
They do not see what is happening through their own turmoil, and those who hold that one dear, can only watch as their loved one is consumed within themselves.
They can only watch, and hope for that one to be alright.
The soul withers and recedes to the far caverns of the heart. Weak and often frail it hides in the deep fear of going through it all over again.
The dying of one's spirit without the loss of life, but with the wilting and fading of the soul, hope also fades with the passing of time.
A fate worse than death could ever wish to be.