Why rush through life like you only live once and it ends at 30? Life is best enjoyed in the comforts of home, surrounded by your loved ones, and a warm mug of hot cocoa. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t get that chance and have spent years away from the mundane life and all its novelties. So, I’ll live a little slower now…now that I have to.” These words were all I left in the small dorm I called home for years, that and all my old equipment now that I am retired. Hope the next fool who joins gets a chance to realize their mistake and gets out before they end up like me, a dying hero who fought in the shadows to keep the world safe. No one will remember my real name, the agency made sure to scrub it from existence when I first joined. I say I joined like I had a choice. Regardless, I am free for the next year. After that? Well. Let’s focus on the good part, I only have one thing left to do. See Sofia Westmen graduate alive.For Writathon '24.