An Experiment: How to Manipulate a Simple Young Man

(🎧 Audio Version) An Experiment: How to Manipulate a Simple Young Man

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(Scene: A Misty Cliff. YOU stand at the edge, staring into the abyss. An OLD MAN appears.)

Old Man: So, you’ve arrived at last.

You: I don’t know if I can do this.

Old Man: Perhaps you have wings. Perhaps not.

You: And if I fall?

Old Man: Then you’ll learn.

You: But it’ll cost me my life.

Old Man: Yes.

You: Do you think I can do it?

Old Man: Anyone is capable of anything.

(A long silence. The mist thickens as you step closer to the edge.)

You: I have to try.

(Without hesitation, you leap into the abyss, disappearing into the mist.)

(The Old Man watches. With an unreadable smile, he contemplates the outcomes of his experiment.)

(Posted on Threads on 12.10.2024)

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"I have to try."