Friend: "leave him, he is like poison for you."
She: "I can't."
Friend: "But why, is it because you are afraid of being alone."
She: "I am not afraid of loneliness. I've been alone my whole life so it really doesn't matter. What I'm afraid of is the emptiness. The darkness I've been running from, wants to meet me again and nothingness lurks for me. My life can't be blank, empty again."
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