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2806 - Spreading

Mar 14th, 2022
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  1. Aaron could tell his dad was only now able to see the full extent of the damage. What had started as a prosthetic hand was now up to his left elbow. His new leg was now halfway up his thigh. Tendrils of white fabric surrounded his left eye. Aaron tried to pull away, but his dad held him tightly by the shoulders.
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  3. ***
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  5. “I can’t take these things any more, dad!” Aaron said between sobs. “Please take them off! They’re not me!”
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  7. “What?”
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  9. “They don’t feel like me! Every time I move them, or open my left eye, I can feel the tendrils inside me. They don’t feel like me! Its like gluing a bunch of broken toys together, but I can’t take them apart.”
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  11. Aaron held up his left arm.
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  13. “I cut, and I cut, and I cut, but they only get bigger! Dad, please get them off!”
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  15. ***
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  17. Good As New
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