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Tick-Tock

Author: Maze
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

As I sat there, clicking through videos on YouTube, I felt a knot forming in my stomach. The thought of taking another person’s life weighed heavily on me. But I could not deny the reality of the situation Ben and I were now stuck in.

We were now entangled in a web of manipulation and coercion, trapped by Fallon’s threats.

Her very existence angered me, I wish I did not even know she walked this earth.

I clicked on a documentary about the psychological effects of killing in combat. The narrator’s voice filled the room, detailing the profound changes soldiers experienced after taking lives in the line of duty.

I could not help but draw parallels to our own predicament.

Would I become numb to the consequences? Would guilt eat me up, or would I learn to justify my actions? Urgh! So many questions!

These questions haunted me as I delved deeper into the videos, searching for answers that seemed to elude me.

But despite the uncertainty that danced in my mind, one thing was clear: I h
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