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"I'm so...cold..."
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"I shall bring you warmth."
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"I miss my wife..."
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"You shall see her again."
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"My children need me..."
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"They shall receive care."
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"I'm so...tired..."
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"I shall bring you rest."
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The soft, calming voice echoed through Reese's mind as he struggled to crawl through the snow within the barren wasteland. He had been lost for months in a never-ending blizzard with no clue where he was, nor where he was headed. Reese had simply gone on what was supposed to be a four-week-long expedition across the world but shortly turned into the last few months of his life.
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As Reese closed his eyes, he felt cold and warm, he felt love and hate, he cried and laughed, he was sad and joyous, he felt comfort and fear. He had lived, and he had died. When Reese opened his eyes, he found himself in an empty, dark void, with a tunnel in front of him. At the end of the tunnel was a bright light, but he felt as if he was being pulled towards it. Reese sensed the light's warmth but had no emotions within him. He walked through the tunnel, slowly, as the feeling of his parents care and love slowly grew inside of him. As he reached the end, the tunnel had disappeared. He now stood in an open field of flowers and grass where, off in the distance, a man and a woman, both in their late 60's, sat peacefully. Reese began to approach them.
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"Hey, there, kiddo."
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"Reese. My sweet boy..."
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"Sit. Fill me in on what I missed."
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"And tell us, how are they?"
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"How are who?"
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"Well, my grandchildren, of course."
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