My Old Life

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I've begun getting friends.
No, Allies.
We aren't friends.
We don't trust each other.

I overstep, they shoot me in the head.
They overstep, I shoot them in the stomach so they bleed out slowly and die painfully.

My name is common on the news.
I was being chased by the cops.

I adopted a new name, 黄 (Ki).

I dyed my hair blonde, got yellow feline contacts, and got a few piercings.
No one of the people from my old life recognize me anymore.

Today I visited something from my old life. My mom's bakery.

She had bags under her eyes. She kept looking at me. I asked her why a few times and she'd sake her head.

"You just look like my missing son."

After that, I kept in contact with her.
I didn't tell her who I was.
But I couldn't abandon her again after seeing the sorrow in her eyes.
What was this new emotion I was getting? Pity? Care?

Whatever it is, I don't like it.

It's getting in the way of my new life.

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