John made his way deep into the crystal cavern one early morning, it’s where he likes to think and meditate. He did come to meditate this time, but with a specific purpose. He must find out what happened when he first woke up as it is still a foggy memory for him. He sat down in the cavern closing his eyes, inhaling followed by exhaling and repeat. Reaching out to feel the force around him in the cavern walls, crystals, and everything else like he usually does… This time he stops… and instead tries to focus inward to his mind, searching what few memories he has for some semblance of answers. As he looks through the visions of memory they are hazy, words come through but the sentences are incomplete… “…clone…” “…memory transfer didn’t work…” “…just drop him off at CZ-220.” The more he looks over the memory the more foggy the images begin to look and he begins to notice holes… The holes are everywhere. He reaches out to the holes with the force and begins pulling at them… they begin to tear… he then rips at them pulling both the holes and the hazy memory away. What he sees now is pitch black… but he sees a thin horizontal line of light come into view. It gets larger and thicker, until he realizes it’s not just light… it’s sight. He’s seeing himself open his eyes for the first time he can remember. The light is blindingly bright so he can’t see around him and although he can hear, every sound is painful to his senses. Being pulled out of the kolto tank he was in, a group of strangers who appear as but silhouettes in front of the lights is trying to speak with him to figure out why he’s there and what’s going on. “What’re you doing here? This place is abandoned.” The first voice pierces his ears. Another one pipes up… “Maybe whoever left this station just decided to leave him, unless they’re just all dead.” It racks his head with every voice that speaks. The third and final one asks John… “Can you tell us what’s going on? Maybe we can help you if we had more information.” The pain has started to become somewhat more bearable but still uncomfortable. As he hears the question, John tries to open his mouth to speak… but the only things that comes out are screams and incoherent ramblings. “Whoa…! Calm down there guy, it’s gonna be alright.” One of them says to John trying to soothe him. John tries to make himself stop screaming and communicate, but he can’t as this is just a memory. “What are we gonna do with him?” …One of the individuals asks. “Well we could just drop him off at CZ-220, it’s not too far off from here and they could give him a new start.” another replied. John, realizing this is just a memory and that he can’t communicate simply decides to listen to what’s going on. “We can’t just dump him off there.” …One says followed by another saying… “It’s not like we’re throwing him to the wolves, he’ll be safe at that station… unlike this one.” A sigh is heard “Alright but we should at least give him some credits and a few provisions.” After a while of hearing their conversation, the pain causes John to pass out. But not the John that’s watching, he simply sees darkness… followed by waking up once more. He looks around to see a familiar station he started out at on this planet. With his earliest memories finally repaired, he exits his mind and opens his real eyes to see the crystal cavern once more. He gives a sigh of relief along with a smile and says… “I’m not a clone.”
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