Shared Delusion

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'They say I'm delusional because I see what others refuse to. They chose to lock me up because I'm unstable, they said. But really, I'm only captive because I KNOW. I know the truth.'

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Her name was Anne. She left my life almost as soon as she entered it. She was the only one who believed me.

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Lyman Hauser normally kept his theories to himself. He knew no one believed him.
He made an exception for Anne, and now she's gone.

What else can he do but tell the world of their story, of what society would claim to be their 'shared delusion'?



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