Kyle Kinston gently held Mabel Quinn, "Does life and death really make you this sad?"
"Perhaps it's because Granny Taylor is someone I care about," she said, "so I just hope nothing happens to her."
Kyle Kinston's body imperceptibly stiffened for a moment. Someone he cared about... Once, he watched as someone he cared about set themselves on fire in front of him. He might have been able to save them, but he didn't. He didn't cry, didn't make a scene, just quietly watched.
And that person, perhaps could have taken him along in death, but in the end, that sharp dagger stopped just one centimeter from his heart.
"The name I gave you, never discard it. Only by living will you understand that the name I gave you is the portrayal of your life! I'm not taking you with me; I want you to live, to live and experience that kind of pain."
These were the final words his mother left him, both ridiculous and tragic.
At that moment, he knew he had been abandoned by this woman forever.
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