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I heard it coming. I had jumped up from the very thought of it coming for me. It cut through the air like a knife to my heart. It was going to catch me and there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn’t stand it anymore. I collapsed to the ground, and covered my ears with my hands. My eyes were closed so tight, I never thought I would open them again. It seemed like forever that I had my eyes closed. I could hear nothing, I could see nothing. I was in the sanctuary of my own head. I continued to sit there though. Wait. I was still sitting there. I slowly lifted my hands from my ears and gradually opened my eyes.

He stood there in front of me, holding back the chain. I stared in shock at him as the chain attacked him. Nothing kept my chain from fetching me every time I had gone out, but nothing, or no one, had ever tried to stop it from taking me. And I just sat there, watching him struggle with it. The chain cut at him, tearing at his clothes. And I grew more and more afraid. I could do nothing to help him, but he continued to fight. I barely knew him. He didn’t even know my name or barely anything about me, but there he stood, protecting me from being taken away. But I couldn’t see him getting hurt. I stood up slowly, I felt unsteady. He looked back at me. “get back.” He said. He was protecting me but if someone was getting hurt because of me… I couldn’t have that. I ran up behind him and embraced him. He froze where he stood, as the chain thrashed about. My hand slipped down his arm, gliding down his hand across his fingers, to where he held the chain. I grasped it in my hand and it stopped thrashing. And just before the chain took me back through the clouds, back home, I leaned towards his face, ran my hand over his throat to his cheek and softly whispered, “Thank you…”

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I heard it coming. I had jumped up from the very thought of it coming for me. It cut through the air like a knife to my heart. It was going to catch me and there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn’t stand it anymore. I collapsed to the ground, and covered my ears with my hands. My eyes were closed so tight, I never thought I would open them again. It seemed like forever that I had my eyes closed. I could hear nothing, I could see nothing. I was in the sanctuary of my own head. I continued to sit there though. Wait. I was still sitting there. I slowly lifted my hands from my ears and gradually opened my eyes.

He stood there in front of me, holding back the chain. I stared in shock at him as the chain attacked him. Nothing kept my chain from fetching me every time I had gone out, but nothing, or no one, had ever tried to stop it from taking me. And I just sat there, watching him struggle with it. The chain cut at him, tearing at his clothes. And I grew more and more afraid. I could do nothing to help him, but he continued to fight. I barely knew him. He didn’t even know my name or barely anything about me, but there he stood, protecting me from being taken away. But I couldn’t see him getting hurt. I stood up slowly, I felt unsteady. He looked back at me. “get back.” He said. He was protecting me but if someone was getting hurt because of me… I couldn’t have that. I ran up behind him and embraced him. He froze where he stood, as the chain thrashed about. My hand slipped down his arm, gliding down his hand across his fingers, to where he held the chain. I grasped it in my hand and it stopped thrashing. And just before the chain took me back through the clouds, back home, I leaned towards his face, ran my hand over his throat to his cheek and softly whispered, “Thank you…”