Lonely Castle in the Mirror

by Mizuki Tsujimura

If somebody manipulated your thoughts and feelings, would you still be the same person as before?

She understood the fear. Not knowing what the future would be for her, not knowing how long she’d be like this. Seeing people who were moving on was enough to make her feel an excruciating pain in her chest.

I do have friends, she told herself. Even if I never make any more, I’ll know I did have friends. Right here. Right now. And I’ll have that for the rest of my life.