A Life-or-Death Balancing Act

Jua liked teddy bears.

Maybe…. The reason Jua liked teddy bears was because of him.

He was soft and gentle….

Yes, because he was a person who resembled a bear.

So maybe, seeing that child, I was seeing Jua in them.

That child seemed to like bears too, just like Jua.

That's why.

"You…. You fucking bastard…!"

That thing that had laid a hand on a child with no connection to me whatsoever, a child who had approached me out of pure kindness.

And myself, who had once again dragged an innocent child into this...