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// Epollouge 
// Story: Would You Care? Why? 
// by Mensonge Singer 
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You didn't know...you couldn't have known, I had blindfolded you first... but I did put on the choker. But you didn't know that I was doing it for real, did you... I was secretly cutting myself as we played our little game... those cries of pain you heard, were real cries of pain... The blood you saw on me was real. It was all real.

Would you let it happen?

Would you really let me die? Fall into my darkness and poisonous thoughts forever to the point of no return? Or would you really comfort me? Would you stop me from really doing it?

You watch as she pulls out a knife and brings it to her throat. She stares at you as tears mixed with blood run down her face and just holds it there.

Do I really need help? Or am I a waist...? I'm worth nothing, but I still can't decide if I want to live or die... Which should I choose? I feel like I should choose death.

You grab the blade from her before she could cause any further damage. She just stares at you with dull eyes as she falls to the floor sobbing. You hold her in your lap as you find some bandages and gently wrap her up and stroke her mane.

...Would you really truly care if I was gone...? Even though you don't know me...? I know you understand pain, but you can't understand my pain, nopony can... they don't know what it was like to go through that torture I did...

I feel so selfish right now, sounding like I'm the only pony in Equestria who suffers...there are others who have it worse than me... I shouldn't complain... I should just leave you alone...

As she tries to get up and walk toward the door, you grab her hoof, insisting her to stay. She looks at you as her tears fill her eyes once more and she sits back down next to you.

Th....thank you, friend... She says with a smile.