her.” This is what they had said to him, wild eyed and angry. Just like her? He screamed in his own head. She didn''t end up like that out of choice, neither will I! You don''t know anything! But he didn''t dare say that to their faces. Twelve hours introspection led only to darker moods. But when the boy entered the world and saw the fruits of his labours, Ragen felt good about himself, he had made progress. The words of his parents no longer stung. They would not stop him.


    This is all I need. ''I''m playing just as much as I need to.''


    ''You don''t know me!'' Ragen''s breathing was heavy, he was hot in the face. When he saw Butler''s expression of hurt, he sighed and came to his senses. He doesn''t deserve this. ''It''s not you, I''m sorry. I''ve been hearing the same thing from other people too.''


    ''No!'' I can''t.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Ghost Rejection, do you know what that is?'' He looked up to see Butler thinking.


    No, I don''t deserve your sympathy. ''The worst part was...'' He looked deep in to Butler''s eyes. ''I don''t think I cared very much. It didn''t affect me at all.'' Butler was incredulous, Ragen saw it. He wanted to make an excuse, so his friend wouldn''t think less of him. ''I wasn''t close to her, we didn''t spend any time together. I did my thing and she did hers and we never did anything together, it was always like that. We were so different. I never knew her at all... That''s why I''m here.''


    why she loved it here, if I could just experience what she did, I could know her. I couldn''t grieve for her, but I want to now. I want to be sad and I want to miss her and I want to have a part of her to hold on to, because in all fourteen years of my life, I''ve never had anything of her to keep.'' I''m a bad person, a bad brother. And now she''s dead. He cried and cried.


    He hates me. He looked to his friend and saw only a blank face.


    I better get to it.''


    You have to take a break for a few days, get some rest, free up some head-space.''


    Real days, not our twelve hour days. So get going!''