I stayed in the cave all night. I kept the bear head and the deer antler knife that I stole from Darren near me. I woke up quite late today. But I keep looking at my arm. Ten lives. But yet I want so much more. I walk into the dense forest searching for more.

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  I've been walking for what feels like an eternity. The forest never ends. I haven't found anyone throughout my whole walk. I’m going to give up. Maybe I've won and the voice hasn't told me about it yet. I stop walking in the middle of the forest until I hear a sound in the distance. I perk up and follow it immediately. I follow the sound, figuring it is a human after seeing them dash behind a tree. I have two daggers on me and I take out both.

  Then the person jumps on top of me. I try with all my might to shake off the person. I pull their head back and they fall to the ground. I turn around to them and I see they have two lives. Two lives too many. I throw my dagger down at their chest before they can even catch a breath. One life down, one more to go. I grab my dagger out of their chest. I wait for them to come back and for their red ring to disappear and appear on my arm. 11 lives. I need even more.

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  I realize that they come back and try to attack me. I easily block them. I kick them in the legs and they fall again. Ha! This seems too easy. I throw my dagger again at their neck this time. They are dead. And I’m with 12 lives. I don’t think this could go anymore perfectly. I continue to walk in the forest feeling accomplished with myself.

  …

  I hear weeping not too far from where I killed the last person. I see an old camp. And I see a girl crying in front of a dead body. How sad. But her arm has four lives. She has way too many. And I don't have enough.

  I get near her and she doesn't notice me. I throw my dagger at her. It goes right through her. Why is this so easy? She comes back quicker than the last person. She turns around and spots me. She jolts out of the area and I quickly follow. She runs not for long until we are out of the forest. But she stops and I see why. There is a great black trench before her. What is this? Before I do anything else. I run towards her but she does the unexpected. She dives into the trench.

  “I guess it was meant to be,” she sobs as she goes down. I look down the trench. She didn't come back. This is dangerous. A dangerously good weapon. I look at my 13 rings proudly.