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Chapter 13 - The Laughter

The pit erupted with grotesque laughter—thousands of souls mocking me, their hollow eyes locked onto mine. Their jeers twisted into words I couldn't escape:

Failure. Failure. Failure.

The voice joined them, a chorus of malice.

"Do you think you are stronger than them? Every soul here was given the same chance. All failed. What makes you different?"

I pressed my hands over my ears, but the sound carved straight into my skull. Tears streamed down my face as I screamed back into the void:

"Because I have nothing left to lose!"

The laughter stopped.

Silence.

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