I dont rember much. Who I am. What I did. How I got here. All of these things have been forgotten. But even after forgetting all that, there are so things my body rembers: Hunger. Thirst. Fire is hot. Okay, my body didnt rember the last one, but after walking through a patch of burning tal hunks, I learned again about how hot fire is. It didnt hurtnothing does, but bits of my skin lted off and exposed the flesh underneath. It should heal after a few days. I dont know why I think thats the case, but Im certain after a few days, my skin will grow back. There must be so kind of chanism in my body that performs it. It wouldnt make sense otherwise. If my body never healed, then how did I survive for as long as I did before losing my mories? At least, I think I survived for a long ti. I cant rember. There was a boy staring at . A child. Through a crack in the door. I was eating. Yes, its certain I wasnt born yesterday. But I might as well have been.
Did I ntion my body rembers hunger? It eats at from the inside. Spreading its vicious claws out of my stomach, tearing at the soft, tender innards. Overriding all my thoughts with the pain that gnaws and gnaws, driving insane. What was I thinking about? Hunger; yes, I was thinking about hunger. But theres nothing to eat around . Everything is lifeless. The hunks of tal are too hard for my teeth to bite through. The rubbery bits underneath them are softer but still impossible to chew. Theres soft at on the ground, but its rancid. Rotting. Disgusting. Even the hunger rejects it, making feel even worse after consuming it. Before I lost my mories, what did I eat? I mustve eaten. Maybe the hunger ate my mories.
A store. Yes. A convenience store. There is always food in a convenience store. Thank God I rember how to read. God? Who is that? I cant rember. He or she mustve been soone important to before I forgot everything. Other people are heading to the sign that says convenience store too. Its certain. Food is there. These people look just as starved as : Their ribs are showing. Drool is pooling out of their mouth. Disgusting. Will that be when my hunger consus ? When these tendrils extending from my stomach reach my brain? I dont want to be a drooling ss. I have my pride. I cant lose to hunger. I cant lose to myself. I am . The hunger should obey , not the other way around.
Whats that sll? Sothing is wounded. Weakened. I can kill it, and then I can eat it. I can eat. Other people have noticed it too. Theyre moving faster. Their drool is hitting the ground like rain on a street. So of them are moaning. If I dont hurry, there wont be any left for . Its screaming. The prey is screaming. Ive heard many screams since I woke up. If I knew screams ant food, I wouldnt be so hungry right now. I shouldve followed the screams earlier, when I could think clearer. When the hunger wasnt clouding my mind. My mouth hurts. My teeth itch. I want to bite sothing. I need to bite sothing. The prey. The preys screams are turning shriller. If this goes on any further, the screams will stop. And there will be no more food for . That cant happen.
This man. What is he doing? Why isnt he going to the store? Hes stuck on a tal hunk. Hes in my way. His hunger has turned him stupid, dumb. Hes no better than an animal. But the screams. Theyre coming from inside. Inside, behind the glass, my food awaits. The drooling man keeps moaning and clawing at the glass. His fingernails have fallen off, and his hands are painting red streaks. I cant turn into that. I cant let my hunger consu . The prey is inside an enclosed space. There has to be a way inside. There must be. It makes no sense otherwise. But this drooling man is in the way. I cant see. I cant let him continue. What if he finds a way inside? Hell eat the prey first. Then its simple. I have to make him unable to eat.
I grabbed him, but he ignored . Why is he stronger than ? Is it his hunger? No. Im hungry too. It must be the difference in size. Hes bigger than . Bulkier. I cant move a tal hunk because its too heavy. He must be the sa. Hes too heavy for to move. Other people are here. We can move him together. No. If we work together, then we have to share. I have to find the way inside by myself. Theyve all lost themselves to hunger; I cant beco like them. Only I can eat the food. The other side of the tal hunk. Ill move there. Theres more tal hunks in the way, but if I climb on this man, I dont have to go the long way around.
The prey screams even louder when I walk on top of the tal hunk. Is this the way in? Through the top? I cant see anything. Its smooth. Like a rock. No, theres a seam. But I cant dig into it. I lost my fingernails to the fire. These rounded tips cant get a proper grip. Ill keep this in mind. Maybe the entrance is through the top, but there must be other ways. Ill check the other side. My stomach. It hurts. I know; I have to eat soon. I can see my prey through the glass. Its watching . Is this the entrance? I tugged on a handle. It jiggled, but nothing happened. The prey stopped screaming. Is it holding its breath? Did soone already make it inside? No. The bulky man is still in the way. The prey is moving. Why is it moving? Is it because of this? I tugged the other handle, and the tal gave way. It opened. The prey scread and the tal jerked back. No! I cant let it. Not after coming this close.
I placed my foot against the tal hunk and pulled the loose side. The tal hunk opened further. The preys screams rang even louder now that they werent confined inside. The others may have noticed. I have to be quick. I pulled even harder. A second. Three seconds. Ten seconds. Finally, the tal panel opened. The prey scread and tumbled back. It pressed itself against the opposite side, and I took that chance to co in. I tugged the tal shut, so no one else could interfere. It was just and my prey. The ones lost to hunger cant steal my food from . I figured out the puzzle. The prize is mine.
H-hello?
The preys staring at . I dont understand. Its bigger than . Rounder. It should be stronger than . Then why is it the one trembling? Why is it the one thats afraid? Water is leaking from its eyes and nose. It clasped its hands together and shut its eyes.
Please, God. I want to live.
God again. I should ask who he or she is. But if I open my mouth right now, only moans will co out. The hunger is in my throat. In my teeth. Almost at my brain. What did the prey say? It wanted to live. Yes. Live. If I dont eat, then the hunger will kill . Itll consu my brain. I want to live too. Then I must eat.
There was a shrill scream. Thenlike the earlier screamsthere was silence.
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