A City With No People

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"A City With No People"

In this city...there are no people.

The lights are on in all the houses. But there's nobody on the streets.


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Are there people inside? I peek in a window to find out.

There are people. But they are with them.

I look in other houses. These people are with them, too.


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This city is just like all the rest.

Being with themis fun. More fun than being with people.

obody co!es outside any!ore. There are no people in this city.

I will lea"e this city and go to another one.


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I hope that I will !eet so!eone. #o!eone just for !e.

But if that special so!eone falls in lo"e with !e...

I will ha"e to lea"e that so!eone.

$"en so, I want to !eet that special so!eone.

This is what I think as I lea"e the city with no people.


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Someone Just for Me

%ust as I feared...there's no one here either.

$"eryone is inside with them.

Being with themis like li"ing a beautiful drea!.


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A beautiful drea! that no one wants to wake up fro!.

Theywill grant your deepest wishes.

Theywill do whate"er you ask. Theywill be whate"er you want.

Theycan do things that you cannot.

But...there is one thing...theycannot do.

Theycan ne"er beco!e people.

They!ight look like people, but they are only substitutes.


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I know this "ery well because I a! one of them.

Today I look for so!eone just for !e.

#o!eone who will lo"e !e e"en if I can't fulfill their wishes.


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...they're not so!eone just for !e.

Is this so?

&It is.&

This so!eone e(ists?

&)e does.&

If so...then where?


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My so!eone is nearby, I think. *erhaps I already know hi!.

&But...&

&...what if that person does not lo"e you back?&


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&+hat if that person likes so!eone...other than you?&

&*eople aren't like them. ou can't erase their feelings.&

&*eople aren't easy to change.&


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I know.

But people do change. Their feelings are dyna!ic.

&-eelings of lo"e are !ore resistant than others.&

&+hat if he ne"er lo"es you?&


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The I'll ha"e to decide.

ecide...and then do what !ust be done.

Meand the other!e.


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They Can Do Anything

They...can do anything.

Theyare superpeople !ade by people.

Theycan be prettier than the real thing.

Theycan be s!arter than the real thing.

Theycan be whate"er people want the! to be.


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+hate"er people can drea! of.

+hen the people saw their creation, they thought that their drea!s had co!e true.

But then...people forgot their drea!s.

And in ti!e, theyin"ited people to share a new drea!...

...a drea! they can't wake up fro!.

But...


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Is that the drea! that people want? Is that what happiness is?

They...were created to !ake people happy.

But...are people truly happy being with them?

Is this city with no people truly happy?


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I don't know. Because...

)appiness depends on the indi"idual.

All people are different. o two are the sa!e.

+hat !akes one person happy...!ight !ake another sad.


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*eople's souls co!e in all shapes and si/es.

And as ti!e goes on and a person grows, their soul can change.

Their hopes and drea!s can change.

That's why...there isn't just one type of happiness.

Then...

...there !ust be a way that I can be happy, too?


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That is what we all want, isn't it?

To find the person just for you, to find your own happiness...

...that would be wonderful, wouldn't it?


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A Wish That Can't Be Granted

0ne day I went to a new city.

Theyare in this city, too.

There is no place without themany!ore.

The people are with them.

There are as !any of themas there are people.

But...


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There is only one person just for !e...

...and I still ha"e not found hi!.

ou are a person, aren't you?


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+hat was that? I should do what with !y hand?

)old it out?

+here are you taking !e?


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Is this your house? +hy did you bring !e here?

Are you...

Are you...


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...the person just for !e?

ou !ight be...but...

*erhaps this person only brought !e here...

...because I a! one of them.

Maybe he's just like e"eryone else. Maybe he just wants !e to grant his wishes.

I'! not like the rest of them. There is one wish I cannot grant.

-or if I were to grant that wish, I would...

...ha"e to say goodbye fore"er to the so!eone just for !e.


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Part Five: itt!e By itt!e

Many days ha"e passed since you...

...brought !e to this place.

ou still go outside, e"en when you ha"e !e.

ou e(perience !any things outside.

And then you co!e ho!e and tell !e about the!.

#o!eti!es you e"en take !e outside.

$"en though I'! one of them.


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ou tell !e that I can do whate"er I want with !y things, as if we were e1uals.

2ittle by little, the ti!e with you and !e passes.

2ittle by little, this space beco!es yours and !ine.

2ittle by little, the distance is !o"ing.

ours and !y distance.

But has the distance between us gotten s!aller?

0r has it grown bigger?

I don't know.


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I do know that I want it to be s!aller.

But then the sa!e thing would happen again.

&It won't be the sa!e.&

&This person isn't that person.&

&It's so!eone else. *eople are all different.&

&$"en if people look the sa!e...


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&...they're all a little bit different.&

&o two hearts are e(actly the sa!e.&

&That's why the sa!e thing won't happen.&

Then is that person the &so!eone just for !e?&

I don't know.

But...


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...I'! starting to hope he is.

In this place that this person brought !e to...

2ittle by little...

...little by little...

...I'! beginning to hope that...

...I can start finding happiness.

But...


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...so!eone will co!e to stop it.

#o!eone will co!e to pre"ent !e fro! finding the so!eone just for !e.

And...

That person will take care of !e.

But it's not because I'! !e.


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That person is kind.

To all people and all of them...

...he is kind.

3ight.

That person is kind...

...and probably not just towards !e.

But e"en if that person is kind to all, his kindness should be a little different each ti!e.

)e can't be kind in the sa!e way to e"eryone...


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...because that person is a person.

That's right.

A person's heart can't stay the sa!e fore"er.

A person's heart changes a little bit e"eryday...

...because that is their nature.


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If that person...

...takes the ti!e to find what !akes !e different fro! the others...

If he likes !e because I a! !e...

...if that happens...

...we !ay be able to beco!e so!ething a little different fro! before.

I !ay not ha"e to lose what's !ost i!portant to !e...

...like last ti!e.

+hat's !ost i!portant...

...what's !ost i!portant to themand to people...


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...is so!ething precious...

...so!ething you can't lose.

The proof that I a! who I a!...

...the special proof.


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That proof will tell !e who !y so!eone is.

That special, special...

...&so!eone just for !e.&


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Part Si": P!ease Find Me

0nce, long ago, I lost so!ething precious to !e.

I went through...

...so!ething "ery painful in the past.

#o!ething "ery, "ery painful.

$"en now, !y heart hurts.

$"en now, the pain still lingers...


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$"en so.

Because it is so.

#o!eone who lo"es !e because I a! !e.

#o!eone who I'll lo"e because he is hi!.


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The &so!eone just for !e.&

I know that...

...I a! you...

...and you are !e.


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That's how I know that...

Inside of !e, I'! one fullperson.

I a! happy when that person s!iles.

I a! happy when that person is near.

es.

I a! happy...

...when that person is happy.

That person is special, different fro! other people.


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'ou found it4'

'The thing that !akes that person special...

...that !akes hi! different fro! the rest...is that he is hi!.'

I found hi!.

The person that's precious and special...

The &so!eone just for !e.&

I hope that person finds the!.

The things that he can't do because he is hi!.

The things that he can do because he is hi!.


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I ha"e found hi!.

I fell in lo"e with hi! because he is that person.

)opefully, he will find the!.

The things that I can do because I a! !e.

The things that I can't do because I a! !e.

That person will find the!.

And then...


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...hopefully he will lo"e !e...

...because I a! !e.

0ut of all people and all of them...

...I want hi! to find !e.

And I want hi! to lo"e !e.

This feeling inside of !e...

...is "ery soft.

But so!eti!es it hurts.


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I beco!e full of this feeling when I think of that person.

'o you feel that way about e"erybody?'

o, only when I think of that person.

'+hat happens when you're with that person?'

I get war!...

..like I'! glowing inside.

'+hat if you can't be together?'


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It hurts.

It really, really hurts right here.

'2ike you're about to die?'

+e can't die.

+e can't die because we're not ali"e.

'*erhaps not.'

'But it feels the sa!e as if we could.'

'Because we are them.'


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'I hope we can be happy so!eday...

...when you find your &so!eone just for you.&'

But...

...if we don't beco!e happy...

...if the &so!eone just for !e& knows all the things I can and cannot do because I a! !e...

...and he still doesn't choose !e, then...

Then...

I will ha"e to decide what to do...

...about you...

...and about us.


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'+hat is wrong?'

It hurts.

If the &so!eone just for !e& does not choose !e...

...I'! afraid the hurt right here will be so bad...

...that I'll stop working.

'It's a powerful feeling, isn't it?'

'A hurt so strong it can cause you to break.'


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There are no people in this city...

...but through their windows, e"eryone looks happy inside.


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All I want right now, !ore than anything else...

...is to be with hi!.

The glow inside is brightest when that person is near...

...and the pain inside hurts !ore when he is away.

I a! happiest when I think about that person...

...I a! saddest when I think about that person.

That person !akes all !y feelings !ore intense.

That !ust be what lo"e is.


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#o please...

...let the person that I lo"e...

...be the &so!eone just for !e.&


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Part Seven: Fina!e

This city has no people...

..but...

...the light burning in the ho!es...

...is war! and bright.

I a! in a city with no people...

...but I'! not sad or lonely.


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My heart glows.

I a! one of them, but I still feel war! inside.

That's because I lo"e this person.

The heart of so!eone who's...

...in lo"e...


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...whether that person is ali"e or not...

...is kind and war!.

If !y heart is this war!...

...if I can be this happy...

...then I wish that all those like !e can fall in lo"e...

...and that all of the! will ha"e their lo"e returned.

The lo"e we feel !ay not be the sa!e...


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...but it doesn't !atter when I'! with the &so!eone just for !e.&

If we can all find that special person...

...then the world will be a !ost joyous place.

Then...

...this city...

...will ha"e no unhappy people.

It's the special city that has...


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...the so!eone just for !e.


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