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“It is soo insane” ?Philip K Dick

Prologue

Run Just run

The trees over the fence are brutal as their bark scratches down ht forearm Branches whip at my face and I nearly impale myself on the spiked iron rail at the top of the fence before releasing it and dropping down The hot blood se has been done, but I don’t even flinch Dried leaves lash out at round crunching beneath my feet as I fall

Oof Biting down on my lip I silence the cry that threatens to be ripped fro at my eyes, I force myself to move I can’t look back and I can’t stop

Everything’s on fire, every weak ine this is what it’s like to die, and that very thought keeps

Run Just run

The cries from the new boy are still vivid in o and I swear they still echo in s clearly in ful of air that’s far too cold

He won’t last They’ll be back

He should have run like ed throat asonto the hardI unlocked it I tried to grab hi to move

My heart races as I glance one way and then the other

For the first ti the shovel, I stop I stop for only a second, and his cries mix with another small boy’s wail

Marcus The burn of tears is unmistakable now as they streak down my face His voice haunts et it I h this, I know I’ll never forget Some memories are stained into who you are The core of your soul is forever changed as a result