➿ The Double.

Notes from the psychoanalyst, hastily written on paper, placed in the patient’s file: Dan Heng.

“6:30 PM, September 2, 2024. Today I had the opportunity to meet Danheng, an apparently normal boy. However, delving into his unconscious, I discovered a trauma that led to the splitting of his personality. The meeting was brief; I scheduled another appointment with him.”

“5:45 PM, September 10, 2024. I managed to discover how the transition between personalities occurs: by sleeping. When Danheng goes to sleep, he wakes up as Dan Feng the next morning; and vice versa. From now on, Danheng and I will try to ensure that Dan Feng does not find out about our sessions to get rid of him.”

On the desk, there are other papers, but none of them seem to say anything important or monitor any changes that need attention.

Audiovisual recording. It contains all the important statements from Danheng.

“I can’t stop him. Sometimes, I don’t sleep for days to avoid letting him out. Yet...yet sometimes I fall asleep without realizing it. But maybe it’s better this way. When my body is tired, he has less strength, he can’t be aggressive.” “Aggressive?” “Yes, aggressive. Doctor, he is evil.”

Audio Recording of Psychoanalyst Welt Yang. His voice is weak, with a hint of tiredness.

“From what I have been able to deduce, Danheng is unable to feel emotions. It is a form of apathy... he cannot express, even if he wants to, especially anger and resentment. This is why Dan Feng exists. After Danheng’s trauma... his unconscious created Dan Feng, the embodiment of anger, hatred, malice and...uhm...lust. Dan Feng does things that Danheng, in his right mind, would never be able to do. I believe that... when Danheng starts to feel and deliberately show emotions, Dan Feng will disappear, having no reason to exist in his mind anymore.”