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Remember Me

A mirror stands at the back of the room supported by the wall. The room is dimly lit with a projector in the middle and a white canvas on the opposite wall of the mirror. A door opens creakily. A man in a dark hood and a dark cloak walks into the room and attaches a laptop to the projector. As he switches the laptop on a portrait reflection of another man comes in into view in the mirror.   “I was able to edit the video because there are parts that I felt were a bit irrelevant. I felt there are parts you needed to see.” “All right. Thank you. Please start the video.” The man in the dark hood presses the spacebar button on the laptop’s keyboard and a video starts. It has no title, but it starts with a woman standing on the podium. She is crying as she is giving her speech. “My son. I loved you so much…Why did you leave me? What am I supposed to do without you?” She straightens herself out, wipes her tears with her handkerchief and looks into the crowd. “I gave