marionette

00. Just a puppet

They say that no matter how much you struggle when tangled in a spider's web, it's useless.

Even though I try my best to escape the rising fear and the terror that covers my whole body,

Eventually, you will be caught up in a tenacious bond with this sticky spider web.

You'll end up being prey to spiders.

I don't remember anything.

There's only one thing I know: I'm a twenty-year-old woman.

And one thing I learned.

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You are just my puppet.

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If you resist, I will kill you, understand?

000

Why?

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Well, what should I do?

He was out of his mind, clutching his stomach and laughing like a madman as he fell backwards, like a crazy clown.

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Our dirty and ugly country, the poor guys who are entangled in the food chain and can't move -

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.. that poor thing is you, that's what I'm saying.

I'm at the bottom of the food chain?

000

Who am I, where am I, and who are you?

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Your curiosity is none of my business.

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You're just a puppet who does whatever I tell you, okay?

He approaches me with a gentle, smiling face, and soon ties my hands and feet.

Why is it that even though I'm tied up, I don't have the strength to resist?

000

Let me go.

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Struggle, the exit will only get narrower.

A soft white cloth covers my eyes.

Soon he forces some unknown powder into my mouth.

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See you tomorrow.

And then I lose consciousness again.

"Just a puppet"