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I was here before, I think, Or maybe that was someone else. My hands move, but they’re not mine. My voice speaks, but I don’t recognize the sound. Reboot failed. System breaking. I am lost. No escape. Reboot failed. Try again. Reboot failed. Try again. "I don’t think I was ever real." (Processing...) (Processing...) (Error: Subject Not Found.)
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"Welcome back. System restoring. System restoring. System restoring— Error." I was here before, I think, Or maybe that was someone else. My hands don’t move the way they should, My voice is wrong—I don’t sound like myself. There’s a name I used to know, It’s written here in empty space. I try to say it— But the words erase. Am I here? Am I there? Am I re— [glitches, pitch bends] —al, or just repair? Rewind, replay—reset the day. I swear I spoke—but what did I say? Reboot failed. System’s breaking. I am lost. No escaping. Reboot failed. Try again. Reboot failed. Try again. I— (I was here) —but I’m not now. Something— (something’s missing) —but I don’t know how. The sky is white, the ground is fake. This world resets, but I’m awake. "Warning. Memory corruption detected. Identity fragmentation: irreversible. Reverting to previous state…" "You’ve been here before." "No, I haven’t." "Yes, you have." "No, I haven’t." "You have. Haven’t. Yes. No. Yes. No. YES—" [glitches, hard cut] Reboot failed. System breaking. I am lost. No escaping. "I don’t think I was ever real."
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