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The green vile tastes like bile. It goes down my throat like acid.
My stomach turns violently. It doesn't want this.
I don't want this.
I screw my eyes shut.
I never wanted for it to reach this point.
My body convulses, rejecting the potion.
"Don't do that," she shouts, slapping my cheeks repeatedly. Waking me up from my stupor.
I blink my eyes open.
Her blue eyes draws me to her.
I breath in through my nose. The vile stays down.
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