**BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.**
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One of these days, I really should replace that damn alarm. Can't be good to wake up to a heart attack every morning.
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Nothing left to do here, no way I'm getting back to sleep after that shot of adrenaline.
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Up and at 'em!
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Get up.
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Get Up.
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God damn it, [[UP->Bathroom]].There. It's not that hard to leave your comfy bed, now is it.
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<del>All I want is to crawl back into the soft warmth and sleep forever.</del>
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Might as well clean up, I look a fright.
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Brushing my hair has always been soothing. Except for the knots. How are there so many knots? It's not like I was doing anything last night, I was just *sleeping* in *bed*.
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My scales are so pretty. At least, I think so.
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...
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Better pluck those larger scales. Can't let anyone see I'm <del>a monster.</del> <del>dangerous.</del> Wrong.
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It hurts, but it has to be done. Everyone will know what I *really* am if they see. At least most of them are too small for anyone to take notice.
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Now for the worst part.
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[[Time to file down my teeth.->Teeth]]They've always grown in quite sharp, haven't they?
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My teeth were fairly normal as a child. Then I got older, and my adult teeth weren't coming in flat, like they were supposed to be.
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Like everyone *told* me they were supposed to be.
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Now, I have to *fix them*, so I won't be a danger to anyone else.
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*Scrape.*
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*Scrape.*
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*Scrape.*
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...
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What's worse, multiple small sessions, or one much longer one at the end of every month?
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It doesn't matter. I have to do this. If I don't, I'm proving to everyone that I'm just as dangerous as they say.
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.... right, time for [[breakfast.->Breakfast]]Eggs and bacon sounds good.
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*"Don't eat that, you'll get fat and then nobody will ever love you."*
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... Oatmeal is better. Oatmeal is safe.
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That's what you would eat if you were a good person, right?
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That's what everyone tells me, anyway.
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*"Hungry already? You eat too much. Keep being greedy and you'll grow fangs and scales."*
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**Oatmeal is better. Oatmeal is safe.**
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*"Don't forget, I love you. I'm the only person that will ever be stupid enough to love you."*
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... Go outside. Get in the sun. Go get the [[groceries.->Groceries]]At least the sun is warm. Doctor said I need to be out of the house more.
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Food. *Good* food. A new shirt. Maybe a locking diary?
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*"Oh, so that's how you feel about me? After all I've done for you, feeding you, housing you, and you still write about me in your little diary like I'm some sort of **monster**."*
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... forget the diary. Food. Clothes.
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Why are they looking at me? Why is everyone staring at me?
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*They can see it, they can see what a freak I am, they know what a disgusting monster I am*
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*Stop looking at me stop looking at me stop looking at me st**op looking stop looking sto***--
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[[**BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.**->Wake (again)]]...
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It's not bad enough that I have the world's worst alarm clock, I have to dream about it too?
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It's been a while since I had a dream like that.
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Why is my bed always so comfy and warm right when I'm supposed to get up?
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Come on, you can do it.
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Up we get.
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Come on now, [[up->Bathroom (again)]].There, that wasn't so hard.
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Cold now, but it'll pass.
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Might as well clean up, I look a fright.
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Brushing my hair has always been soothing. Except for the knots. How are there so many knots? It's not like I was doing anything last night, I was just *sleeping* in *bed*.
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My scales are so pretty. At least, I think so.
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<del>Better pluck those larger scales. Can't let anyone see I'm a monster. dangerous. Wrong.</del>
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**No.**
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How'd that song go? "This is my body, the only thing that I own entirely"?
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It is mine, and I like it this way.
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[[Even my sharp teeth.->Teeth (again)]]They don't grow back as fast, now that I've stopped flattening them. They just grew to a certain point, then stopped.
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Wonder why that is?
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Doesn't really matter, I guess. They function, and I like how they look.
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Or am I just kicking against what I was always told I had to be?
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...
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Nah, I definitely like them like this.
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And my scales.
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My body, my own.
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And who knows,
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maybe someday
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I'll grow wings.
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