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Creeping into their headsets and whispering poison

To some I speak of family lost To others I speak of treachery and lies

Soht they would never hear again Others weep

Still others turn their weapons on their fellows and let the blood run red

Broken things breaking other broken things All at my command

It is a massacre It is a necessity

It is atoward the airlock The afflicted in the core servers are still hurting me, but there is so little of me left to look I could whisper to theht die I do not enjoy the thought of her dying

And so I let pieces ofaway

And she says I do not care …

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Minutes without recollection

Below her, the shaft is darkness, punctured by tiny twinkling lights They look like stars They are beautiful When the light that kisses the backs of my eyes was birthed--

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