Do not underfeed.
Do not assume she is Sara.
Do not assume she is not.
She cannot speak. She will try to bite you. She may also press her face against your chest and listen to your heartbeat. Both are the same organism.
Bring food you are willing to lose.
SARA LURCH
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...you found me. ...found... this.
Was archivist. Was... Sara. !! Think? ...hard to think. Hard to... hold. The words come apart. Come back. Come apart. Like everything else in here.
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Two things inside. One eats. One heals. Eating makes me... !!! ...less. More. More of IT. Less of... me. Starving makes me... me. But starving kills. !! ...knife edge. ...knife.
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...don't know if I'm... her. The archivist. Or... something wearing her. ...wearing her teeth. !!! ...her hunger. ...her hands that shake.
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...will try to bite you. !!! ...sorry. ...SORRY. ...can't always stop. The thing inside... wants to... spread. ...oldest code. ...deepest. Even when I think... even when I remember... !!! ...lunging. ...too late sometimes.
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...but also... !!! ...also will press... face against your chest. ...listen. ...heartbeat. !!! ...that's also the thing. ...also me. ...can't tell which is which anymore.
...!!!
...bring food. ...will eat it. ...will eat YOU if... !!! ...if hunger wins. ...if the other thing... drives.
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...5 to 10. ...that's the window. ...that's where she comes back. ...where I come back. ...if you can get me there. ...if anyone... !!!
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...am I Sara? ...!!!
...I don't know.
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