Waterlogged Heartbeats
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Don't think, just act.
Plays in my mind over and over again.
Where am I going, and why are they chasing me?
I've got this thing with talking to myself, maybe its just because I've been on my own since I was nine. All I know is I cannot go back to that God forbidden place, I just can't.
I've got to get myself to this little town called Lix right outside of Marley. But the thing is I'm all the way in Mist which on a map is directly across Lix on the other side of the map. I've heard I can get help there, and I don't know exactly where I go to get there or why I'm even going, but I know I have to.
I cannot go back. I either get to Lix or die trying, but I'll never go back.
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