When my story shattered, the first thing I felt was the three Specters. It was as real as if six malevolent eyes were glowing at me in the darkness. I hated them. I tried to avoid them. I told them to beat it. But they remained such frequent visitors that I learned their faces and gave them names: Ignarus, Vanitas, and Rapax. Today, we face the Specters together.

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