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- It's exactly the same as when I lived in reality.
- I only managed it before because I was forcing myself.
- "I've been wasting all my energy."
- My mouth opens for no particular reason.
- "Honestly, all love is just a lie. Because I always value myself more than the person I love.
- I care about myself more than anyone.
- I help other people. If someone falls down on the roadside, I help them back up.
- ...but that's because it makes me feel good. I did something good. I'm a good person.
- It feels good to help people.
- I don't actually care about other people at all. I'm not honestly worried about them.
- I'm just satisfying myself. I'm just being pragmatic.
- I think a lot of people are like that. In fact, I can't imagine anyone would help people if they didn't feel any pleasure from it.
- But that's not the problem. All living things satisfy their own desires.
- Self-fulfillment is the ultimate objective of life.
- Why is feigned beauty the only way to accomplish that?"
- I ruminate on the words and narrow down my thoughts. It feels like the words are spread throughout the sky and an invisible hand is rummaging through them.
- "...because we want to be accepted by the herd."
- "I want everyone to praise me. To like me. I want to be popular. To be respected.
- ...I want a place where I belong."
- That's right. Is that what I'm like?
- A bud opens up inside my heart. A flower of foolishness blooms. A sad, yet comforting confession. It feels like penance.
- I've been crying without realizing it.
- "I wanted to be someone, because I knew how awkward and stupid I was.
- I was worried that everyone might leave me someday. I was scared of being alone.
- That's why I started the Occult Club. I'm so lame...
- That whole thing was just a publicity stunt."
- ...
- "Was I unhappy when I had such a weak, little heart?
- But when I did become someone, I didn't regret it at all.
- Once I'm satisfied I don't regret anything."
- ...
- I feel like someone's blaming me for something.
- I did my best to live, and I died. That applies to every version of me.
- "I'm just one small human. I did what little I could to live. That's all. I know I ended up in some crazy situations, but I was always just a side character.
- Just one individual.
- Why have I been banished to a place like this?"
- ...
- I hold my head. This is pathetic. But who cares?
- There's no society here. No herd to seek approval from.
- There's no consequence for being completely honest with myself.
- Yes, this is the real me. A timid, cowardly soul who cares way too much about what others think.
- And who doesn't ask for much in return.
- I hate myself. So much that I could cry.
- I wanted to change, but all my efforts amounted to nothing. I wail, I lament.
- I wish I could just disappear. I'm always small, pathetic, and useless.
- I have nothing left anymore. Not even the love I was showing with fake smiles, scripted words, and bad acting.
- I've lost everything.
- "What do you want!? What the hell are you?!"
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