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I grew up on a farm with my parents. At 6 years old, I entered the school in the village where I lived. I met the woman who would become my wife at the age of 16 when I traveled to the neighboring village to help with the family business. We got married when I was 23. The following years were the happiest of my life. I had two children who grew up healthy. Ten years later, the war between the north and the south began, and I was recruited by the army. There, I made a friend who would be like a brother during my time in that hell. We supported each other and fought side by side. I killed innocent people, old men, young people with a bright future. My mind couldn't take it anymore. All the little good I did during my life unraveled on the first day on the battlefield. When everything was over and I could return home, I was eager to see my little ones, who surely would be grown up by now, and my wife, who surely took good care of them. When I arrived, I found the village in ashes, with only a few survivors of what had been a massacre. My wife, like many other women, had been beaten to death while being abused by the infantry. Her body was later collected and buried by those who remained. My children, when they saw that, tried to defend her. One was thrown into the river and drowned, and the other was taken away with them. What an ironic twist of life. While I destroyed families, the enemy also ruined mine. Now I simply head towards the guys who did that. I wonder if my act will have future repercussions. I no longer care. My love, I'm sorry you went through something horrible before you left. Joaquín and Gabriel, I'm very proud of you; you were real men until the last moment. "BOOOOOOOMMMM!" I don't think I'll go to where you are, but at least I can see you from afar.

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- Mommy.

- Yes, baby?

- Who are those people, mommy? What did they do to daddy?

- Nothing, sweetheart, they're just playing fights.

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- Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! It hurts, they hurt me. Mommy!

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- Mommy! Answer me—

Mommy, I'm scared, mommy, it hurts down there. Mommy, why are they doing this to me? Mommy, you told me that God would punish me if I misbehaved. Mommy, was I a bad girl? Mommy, did I make you very angry? Mommy, I'm sorry. Mommy... I love you, from now on, I'll be good... Mommy, you're so angry that you don't answer me anymore. Mommy...

- Darling...

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I had a girlfriend; I loved her, and we shared a lot together. When I thought it was the right time, I proposed to her, and she said yes. On our wedding day, I found her arguing with a guy. The last thing I heard was, "Why was it you?" That my "wife's" lover would end me... how frustrating.

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I am a clone of a great character. I was created with the purpose of saving the world. My brothers and sisters died because they didn't turn out perfect and inherit the necessary abilities like me. The woman I loved killed one of them. They put a lot into me, but this world can't be saved. What is evil and what is good? Does a human being born good and turn bad, or are they born bad and pretend to be good throughout their lives in an endless act of hypocrisy? And if it's the second, which is more valuable, the evil truth or the good lie? If it's the first, then there's no need to change anything. If it's the second, then there's no point in fighting against my original's enemy. Since there's nothing to do with the second, I can only believe that they are born good and turn bad. Then, I just have to cleanse the world of evil, and I can save them.

However, it hurts, it hurts more than I thought. Humans have done many bad things. The hatred and remorse of these souls and living beings run very deep. Humans are disgusting. Children, young girls, young boys, mothers, grandparents, animals. No one is excluded.

It hurts, I'm scared, I want to get out of here. It's cold, it's dark, it's lonely.

Tell me, Yukihime... if I hadn't turned out perfect, if I had been another one. Would I have had the same fate as Kutlas? Would you have done the same to me? My value to you, I wonder if it was just being the successful experiment of all the others. I was the only one left, so why didn't you save the others?

What am I to you...

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