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‘It’ was an eye.
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An eye devoted to its role of observing something.
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An organ dedicated to forming images and perceiving objects.
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An organ stripped of all other functions, devoted solely to its purpose.
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The eye gazed at the presence beyond the mirror.
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Men in white coats were chatting, completely unaware of anything.
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The eye couldn’t hear their conversation, but it could read their lips.
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“How is the ‘Eye Beyond the Mirror’?”
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“Still no reactions today. No matter how much we test, it seems to lack independent intelligence.”
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“Then let’s conclude it as such. One year has passed, and it has shown no signs of intellectual response or human reflexes.”
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It sneered at them internally.
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‘The Eye Beyond the Mirror.’
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That was the name given to it the moment it was hauled out of the sea.
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The eye was aware that they needed this mirror to see it.
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But their naming was wrong.
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The eye was not a passive entity dependent on subjects.
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The mirror was merely a window for it to observe the world, not its dwelling place.
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Because humans could not perceive it with their organs, they used the mirror.
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Yet humans arrogantly assumed the eye resided within the mirror.
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Their arrogance did not stop there.
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Humans shone light at the eye, expecting a reaction.
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When no reflex occurred, they concluded it was unresponsive.
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The eye scoffed at their conclusion.
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‘Why would I exhibit reflexes when I require neither a spinal cord nor a brain?’
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Their assumption that it relied on light to perceive was fundamentally flawed.
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It did not need light to see.
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To perceive essence, it simply absorbed it as it was.
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Similarly, their assumption that it lacked intelligence was incorrect.
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It had merely refrained from reacting because it was unamused.
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Since they believed it lacked intelligence, they carelessly spoke in front of it, failing to consider that their lips could be read.
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Humans arrogantly thought that mere two-way mirrors and thick walls could block its sight.
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***
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The Eye Beyond the Mirror felt boredom.
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Though it did not yawn or blink, the concept of boredom existed for it.
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Seeking to dispel its monotony, it gazed across dimensions to this place, only to find itself listening to the trivial chatter of researchers.
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While their affairs of infidelity and crime offered fleeting intrigue, it quickly became dull.
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By coincidence, one man entered its sight.
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‘Was it his yearning for the future?’
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‘The obsessive maternal love that persisted even after death?’
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‘Or simply destiny?’
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As Owen, a man touring the laboratory, observed the eye, the eye observed Owen.
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For the first time, the eye subtly responded, though only to Owen.
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Owen, fascinated by the eye, had it relocated to the underground facility of his company.
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The eye found Owen’s tales intriguing and moved its window from the mirror to his eyes.
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Through Owen’s eyes, the world was fascinating.
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His life was equally compelling.
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Thus, at the moment of Owen’s despair and impending death, it gave him a small gift.
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A mother’s love and the power he so desperately sought.
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***
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“Ah, finally, you are by my side!”
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Owen praised the eye.
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The eye did not require worship, but it didn’t find the adoration unpleasant.
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Previously, its consciousness was confined to being a mere screen for the eye, but now, it was partially connected to Owen.
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In human terms, it had advanced from a television viewer to an interactive gamer.
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‘Was it controlling Owen? Or simply following the narrative Owen unraveled?’
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Now that the connection had deepened, distinguishing between the two was meaningless.
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The eye—or perhaps now Owen himself—saw a man named Amon and his companions in this closer world.
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Each carried interesting stories.
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However, the eye’s preference leaned more toward its host’s tale.
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It hurried to remove Amon’s party from view to continue following Owen’s story.
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The mere strengthening of its connection to Owen immobilized the humans present.
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They appeared insignificant, like snails to the eye.
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The sight of their pitiful state sparked a faint sense of superiority.
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At that moment, a lone figure among the humans began to move.
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It was Amon.
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A snail suddenly running at a human’s speed piqued the eye’s interest.
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Owen, whose consciousness was linked, also became intrigued by Amon.
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Unable to resist, he delved into Amon’s essence.
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And beyond Amon, there was…
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***
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“An impolite trespasser dares set foot in my garden.”
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A woman with a cold expression locked eyes with the eye.
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A woman—or rather, a being merely named as such for convenience—whose femininity could not be assured met the eye’s gaze.
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The eye recognized that this was the entity humans referred to as a ‘goddess.’
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The eye stared at the goddess.
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And in the moment their gazes met, an indescribable sense of descent overwhelmed it.
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“You, who are not of my children, how dare you peer where you should not?”
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The goddess spoke to the eye.
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“Drifter of a corrupt dimension, do you not know that meeting the gaze of a master in their home without permission is unacceptable in any dimension?”
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The eye’s sensation of descent continued.
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It felt as though its very essence was being torn away.
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To borrow a human expression, it was like a fourth-dimensional being being flattened into a two-dimensional canvas.
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Desperately, the eye sent a telepathic plea.
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[‘No, it’s not like that! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to—’]
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But the goddess had no intention of conversing.
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“Do not apologize. A mother may abhor fleas as filthy, but no mother deigns to converse with a flea. Foolish keeper of a shallow well. Insolent being. However, I shall not pass judgment upon you.”
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The goddess gestured with her hand.
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“I have chosen to respect the freedom and will of my children. Therefore, I shall merely lock the door to your exit. Descend. My children shall judge you in my stead.”
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“Aaaaaah!!! Forgive me!!! Have mercy!!!!”
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No sooner had the plea escaped than the eye sank into Owen’s consciousness.
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In reality, Owen screamed the same words as he writhed in agony.
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“Aaaaaah!”
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Owen thrashed in torment.
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His eyes burned.
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He felt as though he had seen something, but his head ached unbearably.
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His brain rejected any comprehension.
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‘I… What did I see?’
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Only a single voice echoed in Owen’s mind.
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[I loved you and forbade you, but in the end, a child always crosses the fence set by their mother.]
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Owen refused to understand.
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Amid the searing pain, he turned to Amon.
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‘Yes, it all started after I saw him.’
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If that was the case, then eliminating him would solve everything.
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Through excruciating agony, Owen glimpsed the future.
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In it, he faced Amon in a one-on-one battle and…
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His neck was severed.
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He looked into the future again and was decapitated once more.
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It was like an ordinary human knowing a bullet was coming but being unable to dodge—an insurmountable gap.
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He couldn’t comprehend it.
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So, he searched the future again.
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This time, he took Amon’s companions hostage.
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And again, he was defeated.
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“Grr…!”
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He changed his strategy.
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He provoked Amon, attempting to unnerve him before the fight.
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And then, he suffered a torturous death so horrific he wished for death itself.
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“Ugh…!”
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The visions were so vivid it felt as though he had truly endured them.
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He dry-heaved for a moment, then resumed his observations.
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In every future, he was defeated.
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The reason was simple.
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Owen feared Amon and couldn’t conceive of a way to defeat him.
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As Cassie had warned before the battle, the future offers no options to those who surrender.
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Though Owen briefly grasped a resolve during the fight, his arrogance and intoxication with power led him to forget, leaving him incapable of reaching that choice.
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‘No… That’s impossible…!’
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But Owen refused to accept it.
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He strained his eyes even harder.
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‘I can’t give up…!’
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Yet this was not resolve.
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‘After all I went through to gain these eyes…!’
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Obsession is no substitute for determination.
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He sought a future where he could defeat Amon.
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The cost of this was that his limbs began to dissolve.
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But his focus was on his eyes, so he ignored it.
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The dissolution that began with his limbs spread to his torso and reached his head.
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Even as this occurred, Owen continued to observe the future.
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At some point, he was reduced to a single eye.
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As his nerves decayed and his eyeball shrank, what was once Owen became something closer to a snail.
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Finally, he saw a future where he didn’t lose to Amon.
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It was one where Owen took his own life.
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“Aah…!”
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But as a snail, all he could do was let out a pitiful sigh.
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Even as he sighed, countless futures unfolded before him.
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But a snail had no right to choose.
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It was permitted only to see.
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The being that was once Owen stared at Amon and Cassie approaching it.
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“What in the world is this?”
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Amon’s expression was filled with bafflement as he looked at the snail.
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He had never seen or heard of anything like it.
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For a seasoned veteran like Amon to be clueless, Cassie had no chance of understanding.
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“I have no idea either.”
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Amon pointed at the snail with his finger and asked Cassie, “Is this Owen?”
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“Probably?”
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It was only after hearing their conversation that the snail remembered it was Owen.
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A being incapable of action quickly lost its sense of identity.
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The memories it had of Owen were soon swept away by a flood of information, scrambled beyond recognition.
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Amon looked at the snail with a troubled expression.
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“What are we supposed to do with this thing…?”
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Cassie carefully asked, “Should we kill it, maybe?”
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“Huh? Why? Feeling pity all of a sudden?”
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“No, it’s not that… It’s just…”
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Cassie hesitated before speaking.
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“It doesn’t seem like a normal snail. It feels more like an entity. Maybe it could be useful? We could store it in the company’s underground facility for research.”
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She laughed awkwardly. “Sorry, does that sound revolting?”
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“No, actually, that sounds fine.”
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“Huh…? Are you sure?”
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“About what?”
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“Isn’t this heresy or something…?”
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At Cassie’s words, Amon briefly reviewed Owen’s past actions.
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‘Why had this man turned into a snail?’
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He didn’t know.
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But one thing was certain.
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He had done the same thing as that cult leader they encountered in Punk City 1.
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The circumstantial evidence was overwhelming.
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Bang. Case closed. Heretic confirmed.
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Yet, despite the conclusion, Amon’s internal scale did not tip toward execution.
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“This isn’t the Middle Ages. Not all heretics are punished with death. Besides…”
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“Besides?”
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“There are punishments worse than death in this world.”
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Effectively giving his approval, Amon watched as Cassie scooped up the fist-sized snail into a container.
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“Alright, let’s name this new entity. How about ‘The Wise Snail’?”
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Everyone agreed.
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Owen, who had sought to see everything, ultimately lost his name, retaining only his identity as a snail.
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