Chapter 43

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No Plagiarism!pG5N7cXsXttiGjxuWOeNposted on PＥNAＮＡ The glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity. Everyone calls me these names.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwAsLNssry 維尼

I let out a helpless smile and step into the cabin. Into the universe I go. Into the black hole I go.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1Pw4nSjcL 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9AX73hLyh 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlDICspvHZ 維尼

Why are you leaving for the black hole? 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpamdohRf2 維尼

Because I am the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHJpdmiBwM 維尼

You'll die! 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwZOp46WSN 維尼

Who cares?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfwJjxIiwM 維尼

Why do you not care?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A8OUxQUzR 維尼

Because I am the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuTUGhAwzz 維尼

Carrying these titles with me justifies my death, which is exciting news to others.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡBk8Y3uHC0e 維尼

Everyone will remember me as the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbgvfXWRT1 維尼

Nobody will remember the real me. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4yfpcfobk 維尼

Nobody is interested in remembering the real me.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡicASND4rtR 維尼

Captain pats me on the shoulder. With a smile, he advises me not to think too much about this nonsense.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr6PBj3oRY 維尼

‘If contemplating the purpose of my existence is nonsense, then what else could possibly be any more meaningful?’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhBmzcOsy0 維尼

‘The data we send back to Earth will help to boost technological development, allowing society to prosper.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡthYhmuOLZ8 維尼

‘So that’s why we should die for this?’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrJBiOlhVQ 維尼

‘For our family! For our country! For humanity!’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2k0QwJ257 維尼

I didn’t understand this.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLnNteKrfP 維尼

‘We’ were the ones who formed families. Families established countries. Countries founded humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAQH6IMemd 維尼

Without ‘us’, there wouldn’t be any families, would there? Without families, there wouldn’t be any countries, would there? Without countries, there wouldn’t be humanity, would there?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ct5oLbNV0 維尼

‘We’ are the ones that are the basic building blocks of everything!8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfF9FPUgSg 維尼

Then why are ‘we’ the first ones to be sacrificed?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRBAbmnc0q 維尼

Captain says my mental stability has gone downhill. My teammates hold me down and put me in a small room.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡTniZfM4vRY 維尼

There aren’t any families, countries or humanity here.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9w1a1KeqE 維尼

A place that belongs only to me.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBBVHAE2Nb 維尼

I like being alone.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcqcOv17yU 維尼

Life should be like this.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoUocxM6XW 維尼

Why do we need families, countries, and humanity to make sense of our lives?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SL8cbgEvK 維尼

Why can these components pose a threat to the most important ones, despite being second-rated?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SrvMie3H0 維尼

‘We’ were robbed by the glory of our family.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEQAMRnroY 維尼

Families were robbed by the pride of nations.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYFrAU0sXw 維尼

Nations were robbed by the symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1Tzsxa5vs 維尼

Or were ‘we’ caught in our own trap?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡftxwXXzl0T 維尼

It was ‘us’ who created these concepts in our heads and restricted ourselves.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ51paGCBQi 維尼

Without them, we can still breath, excrete, exercise, grow, reproduce, react and take in nutrients.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXqZT0xq0q 維尼

Without them, we can still survive.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡihDxze6ijf 維尼

Why do we cross our bridges before coming to them?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMdYzF5zMJ 維尼

Because we want to find meaning beyond our existence.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHChil0Y0V 維尼

What is it then?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡev2aELX49N 維尼

We don’t know. We can’t find it.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6tgKp2Tzs 維尼

That explains why we have fabricated such concepts to fill in the void.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPFOzSsJRu 維尼

Families. Glory. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE2ZQyll8f 維尼

Countries. Pride.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZnOPYfzxR 維尼

Humanity. Symbol.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13fF0qwnTy 維尼

Very well.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡXK6fSDC4I4 維尼

Well completed.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzBxiX6bie 維尼

Yet, as Death falls before us, they aren’t worth a penny.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x1Fn3ugkW 維尼

Right before I take my last breath, I’m still not sure whether I’m truly the glory of our family, the pride of our country, and the symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl5EMEtRbQ 維尼

Right before I take my last breath, the only thing I’m certain of is that my life is slipping away.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiP9jFtdca 維尼

Right before I take my last breath, I’m sure that the only one who’s sensible enough is myself.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGGMOBOJsi 維尼

Right before I take my last breath, the only companion I have is myself.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcpv6TtOFp 維尼

I’m the most important.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHaUnlvvSc 維尼

What am I?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvo8lhiCE4 維尼

What counts as myself?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0O0Y5utQP 維尼

The door opens.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVbSZvynqI 維尼

I join the others during mealtime.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡOymzuqIa94 維尼

Captain hands me a loaf of bread.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE8UFwdUho 維尼

‘Thanks. Would you give me more butter? I love butter.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaTSsDV05p 維尼

My teammates worry about my condition.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9007MgdD4R 維尼

‘I’ve already calmed myself down. I feel better now. Thanks for your concern.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe8XoMHpy9 維尼

Everything goes on the way they did before, as if nothing special happened.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrQZ8qxIky 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEqH1RuNxZ 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67MeVoBw1b 維尼

What am I?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuGxMF7HxP 維尼

What counts as myself?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VgHN0lSiw 維尼

I’ve never stopped thinking.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXNZ6diUqt 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP9ZBlkKAe 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡlouwS9jZu2 維尼

Following our plan, we start to expose the machines and apparatus at a certain distance outside the cabin, so as to collect data and send them back to Earth. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRH530Rthn 維尼

It is estimated that we will reach the event horizon of the black hole within a month, during which we will be torn into shreds along with the spaceship.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpWJwhBUyE 維尼

Captain asks if anyone wants to send personal messages or videos.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡCE7OLBjJ25 維尼

Silence sweeps across the room.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0Nv9ocR6p 維尼

Time for dinner.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡt36GmMlj3G 維尼

Teammate A bragged about being an amateur photographer. He’s very eager to take a series of photos for everyone.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xlqFFLTKm 維尼

Teammate B brought along a nice suit, and is willing to share it around.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnSS2uhG3X 維尼

Teammate C’s really good at cooking, and asks if anyone has a dish in mind.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZYeOBThtf 維尼

Teammate D misses Grandma’s apple pie dearly… 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pz3e3JmR1 維尼

Captain notices me being quiet.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyVR2NdmNz 維尼

‘I used to be a kid who sat around doing nothing, and people told me off for not cherishing my own life.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqqxdlK9BB 維尼

I’m now the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5zNgkzoVi 維尼

Because I have chosen to give up my own life.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyIBxxp9ow 維尼

The question doesn’t lie in how I treat it, but rather how this meets everyone else’s expectations.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMWMQPmJhi 維尼

Beside the table sat only me and Captain.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡe05ILll4xY 維尼

‘Why be an astronaut if you’re scared of death?’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡka2wdebKhQ 維尼

‘Because I am the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjLD31CMkT 維尼

‘Were you left with no choice?’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrD492f2rD 維尼

‘I was outnumbered.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡffBH2WA7xt 維尼

‘You’re so weak.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡep9e9rXSz5 維尼

‘There’s no turning back.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSzZTtW9P2 維尼

‘Do you have any last wishes?’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzAKZbMuCZ 維尼

‘My last wish is to have no last wishes.’8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMGWFYqote 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdTd4vE6aN 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lCunnA1EJ 維尼

As the days of reaching the event horizon draw near, Captain and the others keep on sending a bunch of personal messages back to Earth.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjLYLz2Vb6 維尼

I haven’t done so.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVjo28BhP7 維尼

I just want to spend time alone.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtltqajRr9 維尼

At this very moment, the shocking realisation hits me. Despite shaving for this person all these years, I still don’t really understand him.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuhbMw6adW 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfTipZ6Vpj 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFab0HcmSW 維尼

I used to be a kid who sat around doing nothing, and people told me off for not cherishing my own life.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8bNGsUfx6 維尼

I’m now the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhBzt4fY1n 維尼

Because I have chosen to give up my own life.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS5bOSFD7A 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPJADAuQj1 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXo2FwBwtz 維尼

Why be an astronaut if you’re scared of death?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo1HFl1HG9 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡosXaLLcgq5 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUpICC10Z3 維尼

Teammate D misses Grandma’s apple pie dearly… 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1lUO5tpJK 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡi71gT1DqBY 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6VV7hWClu 維尼

You'll die! 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJjCkfDR5I 維尼

Who cares?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡBotJOBnXaZ 維尼

Why do you not care?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTsIAYbyCx 維尼

Because I am the glory of our family. The pride of our country. The symbol of humanity.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBEqavozXQ 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdTrOT4xuv 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8MvMNadvD 維尼

I love butter.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ765DOacovM 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0HgCGSoda 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. But I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUQKHPIzUn 維尼

Life was supposed to be like that.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0hhQ59d2Q 維尼

My beard is a part of me. I shave it off. My beard is not a part of me anymore. 8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPRwaB4mU7 維尼

I used to be myself. I am myself. I am not myself anymore.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwzjDz3YmM 維尼

What am I?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yRu5tNtkM 維尼

What counts as myself?8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡgby4R3eZRF 維尼

I’ve never stopped thinking.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAqfJekMJ6 維尼

I didn’t stop thinking.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Sr0Jo0wOz 維尼

I think.8964 copyright protection152ＰＥＮＡＮＡUH13FGVbQ4 維尼

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