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ed, I could see that the change was taking effect. In the
darkness, Ai's body took on a luminosity high in the ultra violet. Soon,
I knew, Ai's new life would begin and Ai Iijima would be starving. I knew the
steps of the change well, I had seen it time and time before and knew
that the hunger would be everything to Ai's in the next few days. Then as
her body acclimated to the changes, signs of intelligence would
gradually appear and the animal would be subdued by intelligence. I sat
there for a while, looking at Ai's glowing body, thinking back to that
time when I had died.
Chapter 2: Remembrance
I was born in southern Russia during the reign of Ivan the
Terrible. My father was a minor noble in the court of the Tzar and my
mother was a village girl that happened to catch his attention one
afternoon. After my birth, my mother was set up as a maid in my father's
estate. We were lucky, many of his other bastards had been
systematically killed by my father's jealous wife, who was herself
barren.
Life at home was exciting to say the least. When I was five, my
father strangled his wife and buried
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