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- Rhythminthemind
Touch: A survival story.
James Toranaga is a twelve year old boy dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault. He’s doing okay. The memories are tough, and the world feels a little rougher than it used to, but he’s a strong kid with a loving family to support him.
It sure makes his emerging sexuality harder to deal with, though. He doesn’t want to think about it.
Luckily, he has the perfect distraction: he can fly.
But these strange new powers may bring dangers of their own. He is not the only one who has them.
While this story contains no explicit sexual content or depictions of parental violence, one character is dealing with the aftermath of a molestation that occurred prior to the story, while another is dealing with the aftermath of parental violence that occurred prior to the story. It is a novel about recovery, and addresses them as much as it has to.
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- 02/15/2021 (Updated: 03/23/2024)
- 114 Chapters
- 253,619 Words
- 178,912 Views
- 1,265 Comments
- Mature
- Long-Term Hold
Story Recommendations (7 members)
- Action Packed 7
- Addictive/Pacing 6
- Characters 6
- Chills 1
- Cliffhanger 3
- Compelling 1
- Feel-Good 0
- Humor 0
- Smoldering 0
- Tearjerker 1
- Unique 6
- World Building 5
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Prologue: David.
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- 30 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.1
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- 16 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.2
- 2,294 Words
- 2,452 Views
- 17 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.3
- 2,257 Words
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Mistakes: 1.4
- 2,229 Words
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Mistakes: 1.5
- 2,209 Words
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Mistakes: 1.6
- 2,612 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.7
- 3,116 Words
- 1,935 Views
- 14 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.8
- 2,039 Words
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Interlude 1
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Catharsis: 2.1
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- 12 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.2
- 2,329 Words
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Catharsis: 2.3
- 1,687 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.4
- 2,298 Words
- 1,806 Views
- 14 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.5
- 1,800 Words
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- 17 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.6
- 2,145 Words
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- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.7
- 1,802 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.8
- 2,648 Words
- 1,841 Views
- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.9
- 2,101 Words
- 1,190 Views
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Catharsis: 2.10
- 1,689 Words
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- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.11
- 2,257 Words
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Catharsis: 2.12
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- 15 Comments
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Bonus Chapter One: Bex.
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- 12 Comments
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Interlude 2
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Escapism: 3.1
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Escapism: 3.2
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Bonus Chapter Two: Tuva.
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Escapism: 3.3
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Escapism: 3.4
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Escapism: 3.5
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Escapism: 3.6
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- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.7
- 1,631 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Escapism: 3.8
- 1,984 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.9
- 1,843 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.10
- 3,906 Words
- 1,727 Views
- 19 Comments
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Escapism: 3.11
- 2,997 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Escapism: 3.12
- 2,439 Words
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- 12 Comments
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Escapism: 3.13
- 2,405 Words
- 1,727 Views
- 18 Comments
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Escapism: 3.14
- 1,930 Words
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- 9 Comments
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Bonus Chapter: Ray Sullivan.
- 2,658 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Interlude 3
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- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.1
- 2,233 Words
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- 16 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.2
- 1,885 Words
- 1,600 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.3
- 2,786 Words
- 1,064 Views
- 12 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.4
- 1,948 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.5
- 2,869 Words
- 1,594 Views
- 11 Comments
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Bonus Chapter Three: Doctor Sharpe.
- 3,245 Words
- 1,090 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.6
- 1,524 Words
- 1,241 Views
- 15 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.7
- 2,111 Words
- 16,146 Views
- 9 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.8
- 3,900 Words
- 1,839 Views
- 30 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.9
- 2,300 Words
- 1,859 Views
- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.10
- 2,112 Words
- 1,192 Views
- 8 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.11
- 2,307 Words
- 1,666 Views
- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.12
- 2,146 Words
- 1,280 Views
- 7 Comments
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Interlude 4: Lee
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- 11 Comments
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Aid: 5.1
- 1,721 Words
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Aid: 5.2
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- 9 Comments
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Bonus Chapter: Natalie Sharpe
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- 11 Comments
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Aid: 5.3
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Aid: 5.4
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Aid: 5.5
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Aid: 5.6
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Aid: 5.7
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Aid: 5.8
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- 10 Comments
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Aid: 5.9
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Aid: 5.10
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Aid: 5.11
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Aid: 5.12
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Aid: 5.13
- 1,840 Words
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- 9 Comments
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Aid: 5.14
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- 8 Comments
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Aid: 5.15
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Aid: 5.16
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Aid: 5.17
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Interlude 5: Casper Sullivan
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- 9 Comments
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Care: 6.1
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- 14 Comments
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Care: 6.2
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Bonus Chapter: Small Worlds.
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- 9 Comments
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Care: 6.3
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- 8 Comments
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Care: 6.4
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- 7 Comments
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Care: 6.5
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- 1,250 Views
- 6 Comments
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Care: 6.6
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- 11 Comments
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Care: 6.7
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- 6 Comments
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Care: 6.8
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- 700 Views
- 12 Comments
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Care: 6.9
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- 7 Comments
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Care: 6.10
- 2,313 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Care: 6.11
- 2,106 Words
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- 6 Comments
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Interlude 6: Waves.
- 1,711 Words
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- 13 Comments
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Tide: 7.1
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- 5 Comments
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Tide: 7.2
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Tide: 7.3
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Tide: 7.4
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Tide: 7.5
- 2,112 Words
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Tide: 7.6
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Book 1 Epilogue: Elementals.
- 2,043 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Interlude arc: Hunt.
- 2,245 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Hunt: 8.1
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Hunt: 8.2
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Hunt: 8.3
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Hunt: 8.4
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Hunt: 8.5
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Hunt: 8.6
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Hunt: 8.7
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- 667 Views
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Hunt: 8.8
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Hunt: 8.9
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Hunt: 8.10
- 2,130 Words
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Hunt: 8.11
- 1,754 Words
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Book Two: Winter. Prologue.
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Need: 9.1
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Need: 9.6
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Need: 9.7
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