16: The age she is when she returns home, remembering nothing about the events of
the past three years.
Fight him? Your limbs were soft, weak. Your knees on the edge of collapse. You couldn't even take a step, to run, to flee. How could you fight him? Your stomach clenched and the sound of wind rushed through your ears, a hurricane in your head.
Above the roar, you heard a little girl's high-pitched voice call, "Quick. Hide!"
I opened the rusted game for you to slip inside.
Stabbing pain pierced between your temples. Still you stayed, frozen in his grip. We tugged, pulled at you until something broke loose. For just a moment, you contracted into a tiny, hard point of light, felt yourself cut away from your body.
You hid. We kept you hidden till it was safe.
It was a long, long time.
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