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All the town's people gathered to find out what had happened to them. But when they saw the men, they first let them go to sleep. It is hard to imagine that those unhappy people slept all week. Later, citizens persisted in questioning them, saying, "What happened to you?" "Tell us where you were missing." and "Have you seen any other missing people?" But it was not so easy to find out. Weakened bodies and the horrors they experienced prevented them from speaking. After a few weeks of good sleep and being full of food, the men understood that everything was OK and nothing was wrong. The men started telling their stories of what had happened to them. Everyone wanted to hear them.

The place where I got in was mysterious. Through the window, I saw a dark forest with lights in it. The lights looked like humans, but they were souls. I saw one of them coming my way. Suddenly, I remembered that face. It was a girl, who I had bullied when I was younger. She wasn’t like that before I had bullied her. Because she had happiness in her eyes then, now they looked empty, sad with black circles around. I was totally confused. And I thought: is it real, maybe it’s just a dream, what is happening? The girl disappeared.

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