INCANDESCENCE

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Nadia Rexler. INCANDESCENCE

Breakdown

Prologue. HAPPINESS IS PAIN

1. NEGATIVES

2. OVEREXPOSURE

3. BLACK HOLE

4. PRISMS

5. STAR SPOTS

6. POLAR NIGHT

7. ECLIPSE

8. PHOTOPHOBIA

9. PLASMA

10. PREON STAR

11. ULTRAVIOLET

12. DARK MATTER

13. AURORAE

14. SUNRISE

EPILOGUE. THE RESCUE

You're Never Alone

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From the moment we are born, we learn to mask pain. Cooed and coddled by our mothers, who place band-aids and kisses over our scratches. Being brave like our fathers, who appear to never cry. Medicated by our doctors, when the mask breaks under the intense pressure of pretending. Our surroundings teach us the only acceptable place for pain is in the deep dark corners of our minds. Abandoned, suppressed and out of reach where it can't be a burden to our loved ones.

When we are troubled, we use the pain, or rather the years of suppressing it, as an excuse for doing bad things. Preferentially, to instill sympathy into an audience who have the power to promote us into a better life. It's a key to open doors, a lug wrench to change a tire, a pen to write our thoughts with, pain is a tool; we use it but never do we simply, feel it.

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"Mr. Burh," I weakly said, I curled my mouth back at him.

I was about three feet away when he lifted his sunglasses, smirk on his face. "There must be a funeral on the runway or something."

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