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The story of Aldo and Kyle
"No, Kyle, no!" Aldo was having a nightmare. Kyle gave up the chance to live and chose to die with him in the dream. Aldo was touched and angry. He would rather Kyle forget him and go on living than choose to die young.
"No, Kyle, stop!" Aldo tried to stop Kyle in his dream, but he couldn't move. Then, as he tried to move, he woke up.
Aldo was sweating, but he didn't have time to care about his dream because he found himself in a strange room. The room's structure and decoration were not the styles Aldo was familiar with, but more like the traditional Japanese style he had read about in his books.
Tea table of log, tatami, cushion, sliding door, delicate tableware, Sakura adornment. For a split second, Aldo thought he was in Japan.
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