『 Dying of Asphyxiation was seriously not my goal in life. 』
Neither was meeting a Governor of the Afterlife and getting sent to another world for a second chance at life.
Drew was assaulted by a group of men for reasons she didn't understand. Drown...
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117. Overcome
"Why do you cry?"
Because I'm hurt.
"Why do you hurt?"
Because I've lost.
"Why do you lose?"
Because I'm weak.
"Why are you weak?"
Because I'm a disgusting, pitiful, worthless human being.
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"Drew?"
Rei was lost. In the pitch darkness of nothingness that was the depth of his mind, he could not find. Find himself, anything; he could not find her.
"Drew!" he raised his voice, hearing it echo through the emptiness.
He had been walking for ten minutes, he guessed. But as in the first nine minutes, he found absolutely nothing in this place.
"Drew," he called louder, "Drew, where are you?"
Where did you go?
Don't leave me here,
don't leave me alone.
Don't leave me alone, he repeated over and over, something inside him believing that his wishes would come true if he cried hard enough; if he pleaded for it long enough.
Falling to his knees, he lay his head on the ground and sobbed.
"Drew," he begged for her, "Please, don't go."
But even he knew it was too late to cry for her name. Clutching his chest, he mourned the numb emptiness he felt in his heart.
What little presence Drew had left inside of him-- it was all gone now.
Drew had gone. Drew was gone.
"What kind of shitty farewell was that?" his voice broke between sobs, "what stupid excuse of a reason to pass on was that?"
Being all mysterious until the end? There really should be a limit to playing cool.
"I'm you too," he could whine, but no one could hear him any more, "I was you and we were always together, we knew everything about each other,"
Rubbing away the tears, he lifted his head and just screamed.
Are you saying you don't need me any more?
-
Was it possible to fall asleep in your consciousness?
Rei didn't know either, because he may have just been in a very foggy daze from crying too much. He was still and numb and he was just so-- tired-- of everything.
