The Effort You Cost
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Last published Mon, Feb 10, 2020
"The imagination may run wild, but it causes the body to run Wilder.
Our thoughts may be free, but they cause the body to do things that take away freedom.
"If you were hunted, even in your dreams, where would you hide? Would you turn your world into a fantasy? Would you try to change your reality? Or would you deal with it head on, consequences forgotten?"
These thoughts torment Aslan Caliban in his world that has been torn apart. He is broken, yet whole. Lost, yet he has found himself... Or.. pieces of himself.
Who is he? Why him? Fate has no reasons for her choices.
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