Phantom Pains
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Phantom Pains
"The pain of feeling something that is missing"
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Even before Danny died, she felt like something was missing. It was like her soul knew she wasn't complete. She wasn't where she was meant to be.
The day she found out it might be more than a feeling was the day her old life had died.
Now, with nothing more than a name and a city to go off of, Danny flees to Gotham, New Jersey.
But how is she supposed to find answers with all these wannabe furries running, causing messes that she has to clean up?
And why does that Detective keep looking at her like he's seen a ghost? (pun unintended)
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