[ TT ] As a parasite , you have to leech life for yourself off of other beings , eventually killing them . But unlike other parasites , you get easily attached to your victims over the course of their lives ...

Do you ever wake up and wish you were heartless? 
 
 I do. 
 
 Life would be so much easier if I could slog the burden of compassion off my back. I ’ d be able to just worm into any human ’ s ear, suck ‘ em dry, then skedaddle before anyone notices. 
 
 I mean, isn ’ t that a parasite ’ s entire *purpose? * We take from others. We ’ re greedy little buggers who leech off the hard work of others in order to sustain ourselves. 
 
 So why not me? 
 
 My human, my dear, dear human, is currently holed up in this awfully cold room. He ’ s unconscious, back against a table as a dozen people scramble around him, frantically plucking at his insides, trying their hardest to bring him back from the edge I pushed him over. 
 
 I should be moseying out, leaping onto one of the others and infecting them with my presence. But I can ’ t. I ’ d die before abandoning him. 
 
 We've been together for one year. God, has it really only been that long? I don ’ t think he ever knew my name. Hell, he might not have even known I was *here. * I don ’ t care. I love him no matter what because he gave me *warmth*, he gave me a home to live in and a full belly each night. 
 
 I only wish I could ’ ve done the same for him. 
 
 I ’ m so sorry, human. 
 
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