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  1. 072010303050000144002006006010000
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  6. üOnceuponatime
  7. -or-
  8. ShewasmyRita
  9. -or-
  10. Whynotjustdropdead
  11. -or-
  12. Anexperimentalstory
  13. -or-
  14. Hello?
  15. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  16.  
  17. "Hellothere!"
  18.    Alittlevoicewhisperinginmyhead.Itdidn'tsaymuch,just"Hello
  19. there,"andthennothing.Itwouldrepeatitselfafewtimesbefore
  20. repeatingitself,andthenitrepeateditself."Hellothere,"itsaid.
  21. Andthenoncemore."Hellothere!"
  22.    ItwouldcontinuetorepeatthistillItalkedbacktoit."Hello
  23. there,"I'dsay,andthenitjustdisappeared."Hellothere,"I'drepeat,
  24. butnoreplywouldbereturnedtome.Icouldsay"Hellothere,"asmany
  25. timesasthevoicehadspokentome,butstillnoreplywouldemerge.
  26.    Still,sometimes,thisvoicewouldsaysomethingelsethan"Hello
  27. there".Infact,sometimes,itwouldsay"Aren'tyouhappytohaveme
  28. insideyourhead?"Itmademeconfused.IhadnoideawhatsoeverwhyI
  29. wantedornotwantedtohavethevoiceinsideofmyhead.Icouldn'tgive
  30. aproperreplytothequestion.
  31.    Untiloneday,thevoicedisappeared."Hellothere,"Itried.No
  32. reply."Hellothere,voice!"Stillnoresponse.Wasmyheadgettingsoft?
  33. Irealizedthatthevoicehadleft,andthatIwanteditback.Cometo
  34. thinkofit,yes,Ididlikethevoice.
  35.    ThesilencecontinuedbuggingmeforquiteawhilebeforeIreached
  36. thepointofnoreturn.Iwouldscreaminhysteria,shoutattheentrence
  37. door,lieinacomaonthesofainfrontoftheTV.Everythingstoppedme
  38. now...
  39.    "Hellothere,"Imumbledtomyself."Hello,"
  40.    Iwrotedowneverythingthevoicehadeversaidtome.Ittookonly
  41. twolinesinmybook.Twosentences.Itwasthehello.Anditwasthe
  42. question.DidIlikethevoiceinsidemyhead?Yes,Ilikedthevoice
  43. insidemyhead.DidIwantthevoiceinsidemyheadtostayinsidemy
  44. head?Yes.
  45.    Atthispoint,Igotupfromthesofaandscreamed."YES!!!YES!!!"
  46.    Noreply.
  47.    Zero.
  48.    "MayI?"
  49.    Itdidn'tregisteratonce.PerhapsthevoicehadchangedorIhad
  50. forgotenit,butafterasecond,Irealizedthatthevoicehadactually
  51. givenmeareply.
  52.    "Goahead,"Isaid.
  53.    "Hellothere,"Itsvoiceremindedmeoftheolddayswhenthevoice
  54. usedtobearoundallthetime,andIcouldfeelalive.
  55.    "Hi,"Isaid.
  56.    "Aren'tyouhappytohavemeinsideyourhead?"
  57.    Thequestionmadememelt.Itaffectedmeinakindapositiveway.I
  58. wantedtolivejusttofeelthevoiceinsidemyhead."Yea,damit.Yea!"
  59.    "I'mhappy,too."
  60.    "Soyou'llstayinsidemyhead?"
  61.    "Doyouwantmeto?"
  62.    "You'realwayswelcometostayinsidemyhead,"
  63.    "Great.Thenwecantalk,"
  64.    "Yea!Wouldn'tthatbegreat?"
  65.    "Ofcourseitwould.Becausewehavetotalk.Imean,wehaveto."
  66. Ç   "Hoursandhours."
  67.    "Itwon'ttakethatlong,"itsaidandthenitdisappeared.
  68.    Thehappinesswasfadingaway.EventhoughIforoncehadbeentalking
  69. tothevoice,Ifeltthatsomethingwaswrong,butIhadtosticktothe
  70. voiceinmyhead.Ihadtocarryon.Carryon...
  71.    Ipickedupthephone.Carryon...
  72.    "Voice?"
  73.    "Voice!"
  74.    "Hellothere,"
  75.    "Hellothere,"
  76.    "Canwetalk?"
  77.    "Yea,wehavetotalk.Wehaveto.Sometime."
  78.    "Andnow?"
  79.    "Sometime."
  80.    Carryon...
  81.    "Now?"Iasked.
  82.    "Notnow,"itsaid.
  83.    Carryoff...
  84.    "Voice?"Itried.
  85.    Noreply.
  86.    "Voice?Hellothere,"Ireied.
  87.    Zero.
  88.    Itunedtheradio.Hello?"Hi!"
  89.    "Haveyouseenmyvoice?"
  90.    "Haveyoulostit?"
  91.    "No,itleftme."
  92.    "Isee."
  93.    "So?"
  94.    "No,Ihaven'tseenit."
  95.    "But..."
  96.    "Areyousurethatit'syourvoice?"
  97.    "I'mquitesu..."
  98.    "Forgetit.It'sgoneofftosomebodyelse."
  99.    "Areyousure?"
  100.    "Listen.I'vebeentalkingtoyourvoice."
  101.    "Soyou'resure."
  102.    "Perfectlysure."
  103.    Radiooff.Carryon.
  104.    Ifeltabandoned,butIhadtocarryon.Still,asfriends.
  105.    "Doyourememberme?"
  106.    "Iremember."
  107.    "And?"
  108.    "Goaway!"
  109.