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Xiao and Tao had made their way back to Yuelin and they were almost there when Xiao decided he wanted to take a moment to breathe across the frozen lake.

In... Hold... Out... Hold...

Eyes were closed tight as the man focused on his breathing, his breath coming out in small puffs of frozen humidity. He was happy to have Tao with him, not one for being alone, it often lead him into a terrible depression, but something was off inside his chest...

Anxiety...

It felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders as hands squeezed his breast tightly, hitching in and out the man struggled to withdraw from these feelings and alas these efforts were for naught as he struggled with this temporary panic...

Panic attack...

They came in waves, those feelings of dread and doom, whatever had happened to everyone, where had he gone, where had they all gone...

Suddenly... Suddenly the world fell away and a crash of emotions hit him then there was nothing...

Emptiness...

A calm washed over him as this attack subsided and washed away in a cold wave...

Suddenly Xiaobo was there... Here... Inside the universe...

And he was one...

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