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The Crack in Our Shield

We were pretty amazing weren’t we? We didn’t let anything get to us. It was like we had an indestructible shield around us at all times. And the whole time we were on the inside in each other’s arms, completely oblivious to anything trying to get in our way. We were invincible that way.

But what happen’s if something gets in through the shield. What if a poisenous gas leaks in through a tiny crack.. and destroys us?

Is that what happened?

Did they find our weakness? The one thing that wasn’t perfect.. was that our biggest failure, our eventual defeat?

They found a way through. They came between us because they knew that without each other, we would be weak. And we would fall apart.

And we did. We fell apart.

But there’s one thing that makes the difference between the weak together and the strong together. Can we pick ourselves back up, can we put ourselves back together?

Can we become what we used to be? Mend the peices? Make them stronger than they were before?

I think we can, do you?

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