Thirsty. So thirsty. I clawed at my neck, wishing I could rip out my throat and stop the burning. If I wasn’t careful, if I let my thoughts stray for even a second, the burn would control me. I’d turn into the monster I was trying to prove I wasn’t. I wouldn’t be that again. I couldn’t. Not since I had seen another life. Another way.
I looked around me, taking in the tranquillity of the trees. I was ligtas here. People would be ligtas from me. I couldn’t harm anything here but mga hayop that dared to come too close. No one should be in here. Not at this time anyway. Far too late. No moonlight...
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