The tiny baby sat quietly on the cold floor, surrounded by shadows that seemed to mirror the emptiness in his heart. His wide, innocent eyes stared into the vastness of a world that had already proven to be so unforgiving. He didn’t understand much about life, or about the cruelty that it could sometimes bring, but one thing was clear: he was alone. The soft cries that had once summoned a gentle embrace, the warm scent of his mother’s skin, the reassuring heartbeat he had known since the very beginning—these were now just distant memories, fading with each passing moment.

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