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Part 9 of Et Vidi Caelum Apertum
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2024-12-15
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To Exist

Summary:

Callum exists.

Notes:

A little bit about one possible manifestation of severe depression.

I wonder how much empty I can fit into 100 words.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

He lies on his side. He feels vaguely nauseous. He doesn't want to move.

He lies there, in the dark, on the soft, warm mattress, head propped on a pillow, breathing in, and out, limbs heavy, each breath a lead weight. He wishes he could just... drift off into nothing. Cease existing. Stop thinking, stop feeling, slip into endless oblivion, nonexistent and empty as the void.

It doesn't hurt. Not in the traditional sense. He is simply... tired. Weary. Exhausted. Without meaning or purpose.

Still. Lifeless.

The future looms, as bleak as the dull grayness of the wall.

Callum exists.

Notes:

Yes, I'm fine. Mostly.

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