Chapter 5: Bewildered

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He stood atop the highest building, they might have gone to see that impossible girl, but he refused. At least as much as he could, he still found himself perched atop the very hospital she had been admitted.

He didn't like how the feeling of… unease would crawl its way down his spine like an open wound when she was nearby, moments before mother's mutterings were hushed. He was certain it could not be his own feelings; after all, monsters didn't feel.

The worst part about her, he decided, was that he couldn't stay away. She baffled him and mother.


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