Replaced by the Obedient AI Little Brother
I reassured him.
His tears spilled over. One drop, then another, until they came pouring out like a river through a broken dam.
His body began to tremble, from his shoulders all the way down to his fingertips.
He reached out, grabbed the hem of my shirt, and pleaded, "Help me."
His voice was barely a whisper, sounding as if it had traveled up from the deepest, darkest depths of an abyss.
I took his hand in mine and promised, "I will."
Outside, sunlight streamed through the window, painting the floor in a warm golden hue that looked exactly like that morning all those years ago.
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