Pinocchio

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- What more could I do…?
- I thought everything would work out if I just did as I was told…
- I’d reach the outcome I yearned for… or so I had hoped.
- Ignoring all their sorrow, screams, and condemnation…
- Just obeying the script’s flow…
- Can I not escape from this…? Even if I did, what should I do afterward?
- I was never taught what to do next…
- I’d have no choice but to let the strings have their way with me…
- Please, if somebody knows a way… please tell me what to do. Anybody…
Angela
- Still… I’ve made it this far.
- Even if I didn’t have a concrete plan, I had faith that if I continued walking this path…
- I would ultimately become a better being…
- In my endeavor to become human…
- I learned that I shouldn’t leave others to agonize over my problems, and make choices in my stead.
- To be responsible for my own decisions and deeds… That’s what being human is about, isn’t it?
- …Even if the burden is heavy, I will bear it and move forward.
- It may be sorrowful now… yet I’ll find myself happier next time.