I don't understand what's happening.
I don't understand what I'm feeling.
Why is it so complicated?
Why must it be so hard to get?
Just...why?
I want to understand what's going on with me.
I want to know but...
There's no way...
I can't learn.
I'm incapable of learning.
I'm incapable of understanding.
How do people do it?
How do people go around empathizing with others?
Why can't I do that?
Why can't I be like everyone else?
Why must I be who I am?
I don't want to be me.
I̴̺͊ ̵WA̵NT̷ ̴T̵O ̷B̷E̵͓̊ ̴L̵I̶K̸Ë̴̖́ ̴E̷VE̵͓̊R̸YO̶NE̷ ̵E̵͓̊LS̵Ë̴̖́!̴
Wait...
Why?
Why did...
This...
This isn't like me...
I shouldn't act like this.
It's not right.
I have no reason to act like this.
I have no reason to be pitying myself.
I shouldn't be selfish.
I don't need pity.
I can't afford to be anyone else's problem.
I...
I don't like this.
I thought...
I thought I was supposed to change.
Was I wrong?
Was it wrong of me to suddenly change?
What would my parents think?
What would my friends say?
No.
T̵h̶e̴y̵ ̵w̵o̴u̶l̵d̵n̴'̴t̵ ̴c̷a̷r̶e̸.
T̸h̵e̷y̶ ̷h̴a̶v̴e̴ ̵n̸o̴̒ ̴̠̀r̵ē̵ả̸s̶͛o̶̒ń̷ ̵̘̈́t̴o̸̓ ̵͑c̶a̸r̶e̷͕͑.
T̵̲̓h̵̨̕e̶͉̒y̵̨̿ ̵͎̄s̷̯͠ḧ̸̙́o̸̲̊u̸̗̔l̶̞̈́d̶̤́n̴̫͑'̸̳̌t̶̟̏ ̴̤̄c̷̢̄ả̴̞r̴̙̍e̸͚̎.̷̩͂
Ī̸̗ ̶̛͕ď̵̙ő̷͙n̷͍̍'̸̰͘t̷̞̄ ̷̨̭͐͠d̵̲̖͝ę̸̚͠s̴̯̖̾e̸͔͠r̶̢̺̂̊v̸̺͔̀e̴̪̯̾̋ ̵̢͙̄i̷̯͊t̵̡̖̊.̶̳̚
Ī̴͙̟͛ ̸̯͍͐D̶͍̣̀O̵̦̿̚Ņ̴̻̒'̸̖͔̄͘T̵̞͔̍͘ ̴͓̪͋Ď̶̗͠É̶̟̳S̶͇̑͌Ē̸̟͔R̸̖̦͋̉V̴̠͗E̴̠̔ ̵̹̬̐T̶̥̔́O̷̞̥͊͘ ̵̈ͅB̷̰̄̊É̸̙͙̂ ̵͓̘̍Ć̶̩̘̓Ǟ̶̯͜R̵̺̝̈́́E̶͓͈̒̀D̴̓͛͜ ̵̗͔̅́F̴͙̋̐O̵̹̰̊Ŕ̸̘͇.̵̦̞͂͘.̵̰́.̷̹́̈́
I̷̲̫̰͋̇̀ ̴̘͎̪͋̽̇Ḑ̴̩̤́͒̑Ŏ̸͖͈̞Ǹ̸̘͍̉͝'̸̲̙̓͛T̸̰̊̐ ̷͙̂N̷͇̦̻̒̀͠E̸͔̮͐Ē̸̡͖͙̘D̷͔̰̫̥̽̑ ̶̢̏̒Ḧ̴̡̧͚́̑E̸̪̝̎͊̓͜L̸͍̲͛P̴͚̬̐!̵̠̔̇̚
Ȉ̶͔̀̉ ̸̝̥̅͆̉̈͋ͅD̵̡́͝O̷͔̘̝͚̬͂̀͗̈́͝N̷͕͖̼̭͇͈̿̔̄͛̿͗'̶͕͉͉̜͛T̴̳̊̔̔̾̇̏.̶̤͉̭͙͉̺͘.̴͓̀͌̈́̓͂.̵̹̩̰̒͆͠.̶̱͔̯̈́.̴͔͍̿̚
N̴̠͉̮̯̹̹͈̟̽̋͂̒͋͝E̴̗̩͖̩̼̹͕͕͕̫̊̂̏̀͌͂́̈́̾͋͝E̶͙̪̯̜͓̪̐́͑̅̚D̵̨̢̨̰̰̫̬̩̰͎̲̮͚̮͑́͊̔̕͘ ̵̜͆͌̔̄́̏͆̍̀͘̚͝͝H̵̱̼̫̜̘̗̫͗̾͑̏́̕E̶̡̡͍̱͕̝̣͎̜̦͔͓͌͊̀̀͐̔͊́̈́͘͜L̷͕͕̦͔̣̣͉̦̦̫͈͓̈́̌͑̓͂̄̌̊͌̾P̸͇̹͍̪̟̰̺̍͒̃̉̑̚!̵͙͚͔̝̼̩̣͇̀́̈́̀̈̇̐̒͛̓́̍̿̉͜͠
Ḯ̵̹̖̥͑͘͠'̴͔̯̱̬̈́́̅̎ṁ̶̭̯̯̗̃ ̴̤̘̐š̸̝̩̭ç̸̜͇͂̔̒a̷͌ͅr̶͕̃͝è̷̪̼͋̕d̵̮̠̟̟͑̈́̉̃
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The Person in the Mirror
Short StoryHello? H̵́̀e̴̘͑ĺ̸̀ĺ̷͛o̸̅͂ Who's there? Who are you? I̴͋͗'̷͝͠m̶̉́ ̷̣͆s̷̰͛i̷̊̇m̸͗̀p̷̐̒l̵͒̕y̸̰͘.̴͇͂.̷̈̏.̶̏̑ Y̸͔̔Ó̴̔U̷͂͗.̵̿̊.̶̑̕.̸̀̈ What...? No...where are you? I̴̽̐'̷̦̽m̸͗͝ ̸̱͋i̸̝͐n̴͐̌ ̸̰̎t̷̽̀ȟ̷̅ẻ̴͚ ̶͌̄m̴̔͘ì̸̀ŕ̶͙ŕ̴̡ỏ̵́ř̷̈ ̴̧̿s̶̘̿i̵̾͗l̸̈́͊l̶̘̕...
