Back to the future…

They kept walking, each turn they took driving them further into the not so distant path.

They were slowly going back to the beginning.

But their path was getting heavier at each step they took. Even Meryl could feel it now, inside their metalic mechanical body. They could feel the gears of their heart struggling to keep running. They could feel the springs of their joints gasping to keep… “springing”. That feeling, that feeling was frightening, specially considering Meryl had never felt it in the entirety of their life.

Max wasn’t finding himself in much better conditions.

At some point, he trembled and fell on the floor, to Meryl’s uttery horror.

“m-max!”

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