Reason Number C̢̡̲̼̞̤̤̫̫̥̝̓̌̉ͮͩ͑̍ͤͧͧͪ̆͂ͧ̍̃̐̓͠ǫ̵̸̨̰̪͖̱̰̰͈͓͙̻̗̗̙͈͇̘̩̤̗͂̀̆ͪͣ̔ͬ́̅̈́͋͛̀́̎ͤ̿̽͢͝͝͝m̶̪͚̲͙̜̯̮̭̝̙̹̾̓̒͊́͑̃͌̆ͦ̃̈́̒́̇͑͛͒̏͌͒͡p͒̋͟l̴̡̖̹̤̪̝̹̼̲̙͚̻̔̆̎͊̓ͤͮ͒͆ͩ͐ͪ̌́̇͗̿͛ͥ̄̈́̈ͪ̄̆͠͝ȋ̵̵̶̧̢̛͖̟̟̟̼̙̼͈̟́ͭ̎̿ͣ̏ͩͧ̓̽̈ͥͥ̓̚̚͘͘͟͟͢ć̸̴̷̛̛͍̟̺̬̲̩̩̱̂͌ͥ̂̌̾ͬ̄̅̔̀̅̅̑ͤ̑̌͘̕͡͠ͅa̴̛͇̱̟̯͚̜̥͔̮͚̱̮͈̻̭̞͈̰͚̖̖͒ͦͬ͑̓̊̑͐̏̆ͦ̀̈́̊̈̑ͪ̎̂ͩ̕͡t̮̪_̲͕̲̅̊̐̊͑ͤ͋̕ẻ̴̖͇̿̑d̵̶̡̛̘͖̤̜̜͚͙̯̮͇͍̟͎̫̗̑̀̀̇̿ͫ̌ͥ͗̀̈͛ͤͯ̀̈́̍̇̇͘͜͟͝͡͠
There is a part of me that recognizes itself in HABIT. Specifically in the way he is other. Nonhuman.
I’m not saying that I believe that if someone were to sample my DNA and send it off to a lab for analysis that it would come up as something other than human. The body is human. I know that it is. However, I also know that the body isn’t mine. It’s never felt like mine. It’s not a vessel I own or control. It’s not a home. It's a prison. A cage made from flesh. I feel like I lost my sense of self the moment this thing was born.
I have no core beliefs about me, who I am or what I was before I was confined to the body I am in. I have no real solid memories from my life before. I have no sense of home. No comfort. All I have is little fragments. Vague impressions. The innate sense that this is all wrong. The secret knowledge that I am an outsider disguised as an insider. The sense of being trapped where I’m not supposed to be. And I suppose that is why I love him and envy him all at once.
HABIT has the freedom that I don't. He is free to be himself. He can switch bodies whenever it suits him. He has switched bodies countless times before. He switched and switched until he found Evan… his perfect vessel.
Is it wrong that I want that for myself? To be myself? To find a home? But what does that even mean for me? What am I?














