Inner Combustion

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/Badum… Badum…/

'Blast Chamber.'

Dale touched his chest, feeling the vibrations of his beating heart through his muscles and skin.

'It's as if nothing happened… That all of that mess before was nothing but a nightmare.'

'But here it is, beating with incredible strength as if it wants to jump out of my chest.'

'Though that only makes me think I have high blood pressure…'

'I can feel faint heat coming from my chest, It's not uncomfortable, on the contrary, rather comforting, but it's strange.'

'My heart is a few degrees hotter than other areas around it, and this causes my blood temperature to rise as well, like a gas heater in a bathroom.'

'Has this changed my overall temperature? How does this affect the proteins in my body?'

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'There's no point in thinking about that now… As long as I don't hurt others when they touch me… Or make them think I'm sick.'