Note: this is 100% fiction

“I have always wanted to see the stars.” She said weakly, gasping for breath. She was born with a mysterious illness which she didn’t realize she had until recently. Stealthily, the illness ravaged from the inside, infecting her cells and turned them against her until she was a shell of her former self.

“Shh… don’t talk. Just enjoy the time we have left.”

She looked up at him and him down at her. She smiled, muttered, “Damn this disease,” and closed her eyes.

“Damn this disease.” He muttered as she slipped away. Then he stood, shined his lantern at the sky and shouted, “Damn this disease!”

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