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user-inactivated  ·  433 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 18, 2023

You: Attempt to stop The Expression from happening.

Electrochemistry: It's like something snaps in you -- a nerve ending, a thought, a sadness. Your face in the mirror is suddenly clean of the leer that had distorted it for god knows how long.

Electrochemistry: Just like that it's over -- the running gag that your life had become. A sad old man looks back at you.