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even make out parts of her bones.

Shadowing my obscene thoughts of her appearance, I asked “How is such a thing selfish?”

“Why, don’t you have anyone who is of value to you? You said that this peculiar card has supported you in providing value to others. If you are about to do what I think you are going to do, don’t you think that you’ll really upset the one you value by doing it?” -said the ghostly woman right into my eyes.

Such a monologue played and processed through my head. It was quite difficult to unpack all at once. I had to slowly regain my thoughts and retrace the steps that had led me up to this point. The memories that I tried to hide so hard-charging me at full speed like a predator hunting for its prey. The thoughts of me getting laid off from my job, of me receiving my blank card and having quite a crisis by its symbolism, the hardships of life that had been bestowed upon me which cursed me