Scunosi

 They were going to catch him.  This was it, they were going to catch him and that would be the end.  No more sunset walks in the garden, no more staying up late in the library, no more anything.  He'd never even made any friends. He regretted that.  That he'd never found any friends.  That he'd been such a recluse his entire life for fear of someone learning, someone knowing the truth.  He regretted not telling the truth.  His whole life was based on lies that were designed to protect him, lies that were trapping him, caging him.  He wanted to be free.  How he desired it so, night and day, in his dreams.  It haunted him. But all that wou