Beneath The Ice
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Loneliness is all he has ever known. It clings to him like a shadow, whispering in the silence, pressing against his ribs like an unseen weight. He does not flinch from it. He does not fear it. It is simply a part of him-woven into his very being like the scars that lace his skin.
But when forced to walk the path of solitude, something begins to shift. The world, once bleak and predictable, twists into something else entirely. Each step he takes is a gamble, each breath a reminder of the life he has clung to so desperately.
Isolated, hunted, and burdened by a past that refuses to release its grip, he moves forward. Not because he hopes for something better-no, hope has long since abandoned him-but because to stop is to perish. Yet the question remains: will his journey lead him to light, or will he sink even deeper into the abyss that has always called to him?
Only time will tell.
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