𝑰 𝑨𝑴 𝑳𝑰𝑲𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼.

𝐈𝐍   𝐌𝐘   𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄   ,        no   one   ever   taught   me   how   to   not   be   a   𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔   𝒋𝒆𝒓𝒌   .       alchemax   and   the   x-men   taught   me   how   to   survive   .      they   taught me   how   to    𝒄𝒖𝒕   𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔   𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐   𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔   .      how   to   be   alone   .

“ why you should do that is something you should figure out for yourself. “

“ i don’t need to stay in a place like this. “

“ if you stay in a place like this, you might not be able to connect. “

“ what’s it like when you die? “

“ ____, i walked home with you just once. do you remember? “

“ do you understand? it’s okay if you can’t right now. you will all understand soon. everyone will. “

“ god is here. “

“ you know, ____, in this world, whether it’s here in the real world or the wired, people connect to each other and that’s how societies function. “

“ i don’t come here because i want to. “

“ everyone is connected. “

“ why are you making me do this?! what right do you have?! “

“ you are not alone. “

“ there was no reason for me to stay in the real world any longer. “

“ in the real world, it didn’t matter if i was there or not. when i realized that, i was no longer afraid of losing my body. “

“ i love kissing. just kissing is enough to make me happy. “

“ dying feels so good! “

“ i just want to do business. what do you say? “

“ humans are all alone. they don’t connect to anyone at all. “

“ you prefer a machine to your friends, huh? “

“ i can’t go where you are. “

“ don’t worry. i’m still me. “

“ if you can hear it, it is speaking to you. “

“ mankind is a creature that no longer evolves, is it not? “

“ not knowing what it is that drives them, they keep their bodies merely to satisfy the desires of the flesh. they’re worthless, don’t you think? that’s all mankind is. “

“ i am god. “

“ there is nothing that you don’t know. i can’t tell you a story that doesn’t exist. you understand, don’t you? “

“ for every event, there is first a prophecy. an event first comes into existence when there is a prophecy. “

“ the other side is crowded. the dead will have no place to go. “

“ the prophecy is being fulfilled, ____. “

“ the body exists only to verify one’s own existence. “

“ i think i may have talked with god. “

“ if people can connect to one another, even the smallest voice will grow loud. “

“ it’s just a little strange. i don’t have many friends. “

“ you’re more noise than signal. “

“ i want to relax here until my body rots. “

“ time passes so beautifully here. and quietly, as if it’ll last forever. “

“ i don’t know what you plan to do here or what sort of being you’re trying to become, but you’re powerful. incredibly powerful. “

“ if there really is a god here, you’re a blessed child. “

“ i’ll tell you, but it’s just between you and me. “

“ i can exist anywhere. no matter where my body is, i can send my consciousness anywhere i want. “

“ the real world isn’t real at all. “

“ i… i don’t want to be here. you understand that, don’t you? “

“ my name… it’s meaningless to know my real name. “

“ you are what’s dangerous. “

“ do you want to be hurt, too? do you want your heart to feel like it’s being scraped with a rasp? “

“ you’re looking for me, aren’t you? “

“ so god makes his grand entrance, huh? “

“ how do you define ‘god’? if it’s the creator of the world, that’s not me. the all-powerful ruler of the world? you give god too much credit. “

“ you are merely a hologram of that other you. you are just a body. “

“ who are you? you’re not me. i’ll never do what you do. “

“ stop it! why are you acting like the part of me that i hate? “

“ wherever anyone is, wherever they go, you have always been there. “

“ you’ve watched what they didn’t want others to see. you’ve told everyone about it, that’s all. it was the right thing to do.

“ everything you say is a lie. “

“ as along as i’m aware of myself, my true self is inside me! “

“ you were born with that kind of power. “

“ i… i’m me, right? there’s no other me but me, right? “

“ if you want to be free of suffering, you should believe in god. “

“ how could i turn something that did happen into something that didn’t? “

“ i don’t know you. but you know me… “

“ the flow of information doesn’t always go both ways. “

“ the truth has power because it’s the truth. and because it’s the truth, that makes it just. “

“ there is only one truth: god. “

“ you’re dead, aren’t you? a dead human. “

“ to die is merely to abandon the flesh. “

“ love certainly is a strange emotion, isn’t it? “

“ it’s because of me that you can stay yourself. “

“ you never had a body to begin with. “

“ don’t talk about me like i’m a machine. “

“ there’s nothing easy about dying. “

“ i had no idea the world was this simple. “

“ people only have substance within the memories of others. “

“ why did you leave only me? why did you only leave my memories alone? “

“ you were my friend, even without connecting with me, ____. you’re my only friend, ____. “

“ it doesn’t matter which is real, this side or the other. “

“ you and everyone else, ____, you’re just applications. “

“ your body’s cold, but you’re alive, ____. “

“ it doesn’t matter. with no body, you can’t understand. “

“ you’re just an acting god, standing in for someone. “

“ i mess up everything i try to do for you, huh, ____? “

“ if you don’t remember something, it never happened. if you aren’t remembered, you never existed. “

“ no one is dying, and no one is being hurt. and no one hates you. “

“ the human world creates and prays to its various gods, and humans convince themselves, ‘this is how the world is.’ “

“ it’d be so much easier if you became god. i think it’d be a lot easier than being a human. you wouldn’t have to do anything. just stand there and watch. “