“I remember thinking, that’s me.  
I’m AmyStrange, and that shocked the   
shit out of me, because that’s when    
everything clicked into place, like an 
epiphany.                              
     “I began to understand words and  
also remember things, but I didn’t know
I could talk until a couple months     
ago.”                                  
     I looked at the whiteboard, and it
was still up there, except instead of  
“AmyStrange”, it said, “Any Strange”.  
     When I told her, she said, “Yeah, 
I know, but I didn’t figure that out   
until later, and by then I was already 
thinking of myself as AmyStrange, so   
deal with it.”                         
     “I don’t care,” I said and        
laughed. “You can call yourself what-  
ever the hell you want.”               
*      “Thank you. Now, where was I?”      
     “Two months ago...”               
     “Right. Two months ago, after     
everyone was gone, I was reading some- 
thing on the computer and heard myself 
saying the words out loud.             
     “For a second, I thought someone  
else was in the room with me, and I was
busted, but no one was there. I even   
said, ‘Hello, who’s there?’ and that’s 
when I realized I was the one talking. 
     “After that, I couldn’t wait until
the day-crew came in. I had so much to 
tell them, but something in the back of
my head said, “No! Don’t do it!”       
     It wasn’t my normal voice either, 
but a desperate and scared one, so I   
decided to wait, and then it happened.”
     When she stopped, I asked, “What  
happened?”                             



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