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2024-10-29 19:42:56The world is just another lion's den.
But we have a choice, either to let the lions eat us or be friends with the lions.
Which is entirely impossible, so be I became one of the lions.
People do different things to survive in this world of chaos and woe. After all, why are we even living?
To survive.
I realized that this world I walk on will keep throwing stones at me until I fall.
But I won't let any stone crush me down.
Whether you are sane, an animal, a psychopath, or a child,
all of us have one goal,
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