Just a child

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Leo, a childish boy that could've live his life with no pain but chose otherwise, was pessimistic and can't help but only see the bad side of things. He valued his friends more than himself or his family, he would do anything to keep them happy and reduce their pain. In a simple uneventful day that would change his life forever, he was just lazing around without a care in the world. At night when everybody was asleep... him and his family were still quite awake and nothing out of the ordinary happened until an unexpected knock on the door, as he opened the door... He got stabbed in the guts, when he felt it.. the steel of the blade was hot? No it wasn't, his body temperature was dropping, he was bleeding out as he witnessed his family being slaughtered in front of him. His eyes felt heavy... He didn't want to close his eyes, he was afraid. He didn't want it to end like this but his efforts were futile and soon he was plunged into the abyss. Yet, he didn't feel dead. As he woke up in this dark place, he started wandering, going wherever his feet led him. Was this the place where all souls go to suffer for the rest of their existence? Or was this place showing how he Was? Empty, with no objectives, only darkness and not a single trickle of light? Until he saw something that would enlighten him on this place. That would give him a choice. Abandon everything he had in this world and be reborn in another ? Or choose to live on in the world that unrightfully made him suffer, toyed with him, took away the safety of his home then his life ? But this choice wasn't free of charge. It was a deal. A deal with death itself... Or so he thought...

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