Couldn't Sleep

Lilith couldn't sleep. As she was pacing back and forth inside the library, she couldn't get out of her mind what had just happened between her and Amon. Because of that, she decided to get a random book and started reading again. 

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In the world where I exist, people dwell on "false hope." People knew they were going to die, yet they always pray for a better tomorrow. A better tomorrow – when everything was like before.

            They say that the world was abundant in natural resources; that the ocean was vast and blue as the sky. It was deep, it was endless. Water even flows on land. There were even lakes, bays, ponds, and such. The world before seemed cooler compared to now.