Conversation With An Alteration

rbka
4 min readDec 1, 2023

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‘So wait, wait, wait... let me get this straight... He said, what?’

‘What if I tell you that you are not ready to be happy in this life?’

‘HAHAHAHAAHA! AAAHHHHHHHHRGGGGGG!!! HE REALLY SAID THAT?’

‘Yes.’ — ‘But he also said that I shouldn’t take it seriously. It’s just an example.’

‘AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAA!!! AN EXAMPLE!!!’ — Its eyes gulled out. ‘Wh.. wait, wait, wait... Does he really think that you are this dumb?’

‘No. I think we both know that he regretted it. But at least it was something sincere.’

‘AN EXAMPLE, AHAHAHAHAH!!!’ — ‘I love it!’

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‘Now tell me, how long are you going to play this game?’

‘What game?’

‘The good samaritan! Aren’t you starting to have enough?’ — ‘Do you want me to snap his neck?’ — It growled.

‘No… no. Calm down… stop it.’

‘I don’t know what you’re expecting to happen. You can’t paint the shadows. And you know that too. You’ve tried before.’ — It grinned.

I looked down.

‘I don’t understand... This is all so confusing. Humans… Preaching of love... Love, love, love...'

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‘Tell me, how long are you going to hold up? When will your blurred lines become straight? Clarity—aren't you looking for clarity? Have I not been telling you enough?’

‘You’ve seen many things, that’s right, but how could you talk about clarity to me?’

‘Listen, girl…’

‘Dont call me girl.’

‘Darkness or light, right or wrong, angels or demons, you humans are in the middle of all this. And who can decide if not yourselves? And you are asking me? Really? At this point, I am more confused than you, and I will never be able to logically assess and interpret all this. You put all sorts of names on it, but honestly, I think it’s more simple than that.’

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‘I still have my intuition. I still can listen to that.’

'Aren’t you afraid that your intuition is slowly giving in to corruption? Aren’t you afraid of losing control?’

‘That’s such a weak question to ask. We both know that if I lose control, then everything will be lost. Permanenetly. I suppose there is no return from something like that. But why are you tempting me with that?’

‘I am from the shadow realm. What am I supposed to do? Remind you to never lose hope?’

‘Maybe.’

'I still can’t believe he said that. That really shows that he didn’t listen to you at all along the way. I mean… Happy? How are you supposed to be happy? After experiencing serial trauma? He has no idea who you were before all that. How happy you were! Under the water. Or helping people. And at many other aspects.’

I sighed.

‘Ignorance… Ignorance… Reeking blindness and ignorance. It angers me. It awakens a slow rage in me. Are you going to be in danger again?’

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‘I’m so tired of seeing this... year by year. One by one. Your destruction, and then your metamorphosis. Over and over again. Snap out of it.’

‘SNAP’

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‘OUT’

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‘OF’

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‘IT’

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rbka
rbka

Written by rbka

Using writing as a tool to carve the stone of self expression.

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