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A Few Years Ago...
When the walls are crumbling around you, and all you can hear is your heartbeat as you run through a world you thought was, if nothing else, your own...
When all you can think about is your next step through a nightmare you never dreamed you'd fall victim to...
When you're holding close scraps of a ritual that was never meant to work, praying that it might, just this once, do something for you...
When you blame yourself for everything that's happened, because if you'd just spoken up, maybe they wouldn't be dead...
You've spent your whole life running, and now you're praying there's anywhere left for you to run.
You never dreamed, never even considered, your sanctuary would come in the form of a tall purple demon who seemed just as confused to see you as you were to see them.
He looked at you, confusion and amusement mixing in his mismatched eyes. "Well, now, this isn't right." A small laugh. "Oh dear. This certainly isn't right."