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Kara no Kyoukai (Light Novel) - Volume 2, Part V: Paradox Spiral
Volume 2, Part V: Paradox Spiral
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Back when I was a kid, I used to hold on to this little piece of metal all the time. It was an ugly little thing, with these dull, jagged teeth that started to dig into your skin if you held it tight enough. A lot of times, it felt like holding all the loneliness of a cold December day. Still, I loved that little thing.
I loved the way it made a click every time you turned it around, a chime for each day’s beginning and another for its end. The sound made me so proud every time I heard it, but it was also twinned with something strangely melancholic.
But in time, I soon found those spiraling days coming to a close. The only thing that remained is the silver glint of the metal, and the chill of its surface. There was no joy when I held it now, only blood that sometimes oozes when I grip it too tight. There wasn’t any sadness either. Maybe there never had been. It’s just a simple scrap of metal, nothing more. And when I grew older still, even the glint of it—which once seemed so magical—disappeared.
It was then that it finally hit me: growing up is throwing away fantasy for the cunning of survival. And for realizing that, I praised myself for my own cleverness.
