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The Passion of Agnists
I was one of the top bankers for, eh, it doesn't matter, they're not important. The point was that I burned through too much of myself because I didn't know what else I could burn. Whether it ignited into something more or simply burned down to ash meant nothing to me. It was the thrill that I craved. This is decades ago now. My girlfriend saw it, though she had no idea how to help with the deep depression that had settled over me. She found me in a booth with a beautiful young woman who just smelled like matches and incense. We were talking about sacrifice, about power, about things that even now I struggle to fully understand.