PAIN—THIS IS PAIN!! HI FUTURE SELF. I'M IN PAIN. SO MUCH—SO MUCH PAINNN I HAVE CRYSTALS—GROWING OUTTA MY BODY! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE... EVERYWHERE!! IT HURTS, IT HURTS SO BAD I CAN BARELY—UH—BARELY MOVE!! I NEED HELP!!!!!!!
THEY—THE SCIENTISTS—THEY'RE LAUGHING AT ME. THEY DON'T EVEN CARE. JUST WATCHING ME SCREAM, LAUGHING AS I—I FEEL LIKE IM DYING!!! THEY—THEY EVEN GAVE ME A NEW NAME. "SUBJECT-2317-K." THAT'S ME NOW? NOT A PERSON, JUST... JUST SOME NUMBER?! AHHHH IT HURTS SO MUCHHH!!
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Wait. I think—I THINK they injected me with—radiashun? Uh, no, radiation. THAT'S IT. Radiation... But I can't remember—I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CRYSTALS GOT ON ME!! HOW'D THEY GET HERE?? THIS IS SO MUCH PAIN. WHY CAN'T I THINK—OR REMEMBER—UH—
EVERYTHING'S BURNING, AND SHARP, AND IT FEELS LIKE I'M BEING TORN UP INSIDE!!! I NEED IMMENSE HELP—HELP HELP HELP...
CAN'T... I CAN'T WRITE LONG. IT HURTS TO MOVE—MY HAND, THE CRYSTALS ARE ON MY HANDS NOW... POKING THROUGH MY SKIN. I'M STILL HERE. STILL... WRITING? BUT I HOPE I DON'T FORGET. DON'T FORGET, DON'T FORGET—
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