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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
- 178,447 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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Mistakes: 1.1
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Mistakes: 1.2
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Mistakes: 1.3
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Mistakes: 1.4
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Mistakes: 1.5
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Mistakes: 1.6
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Mistakes: 1.7
- 3,116 Words
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Mistakes: 1.8
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Interlude 1
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Catharsis: 2.1
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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
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Catharsis: 2.5
- 1,800 Words
- 1,833 Views
- 17 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.6
- 2,145 Words
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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
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Catharsis: 2.9
- 2,101 Words
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Catharsis: 2.10
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Catharsis: 2.11
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Catharsis: 2.12
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Bonus Chapter One: Bex.
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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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Escapism: 3.7
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Escapism: 3.8
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Escapism: 3.9
- 1,843 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.10
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- 19 Comments
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Escapism: 3.11
- 2,997 Words
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Escapism: 3.12
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- 12 Comments
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Escapism: 3.13
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- 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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Dissonance: 4.1
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Dissonance: 4.2
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- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.3
- 2,786 Words
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Dissonance: 4.4
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- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.5
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- 11 Comments
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Bonus Chapter Three: Doctor Sharpe.
- 3,245 Words
- 1,089 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.6
- 1,524 Words
- 1,239 Views
- 15 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.7
- 2,111 Words
- 16,145 Views
- 9 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.8
- 3,900 Words
- 1,833 Views
- 30 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.9
- 2,300 Words
- 1,857 Views
- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.10
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- 8 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.11
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Dissonance: 4.12
- 2,146 Words
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- 7 Comments
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Interlude 4: Lee
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Aid: 5.1
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Aid: 5.2
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Bonus Chapter: Natalie Sharpe
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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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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
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- 9 Comments
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Aid: 5.14
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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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Care: 6.1
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Care: 6.2
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Bonus Chapter: Small Worlds.
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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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- 6 Comments
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Care: 6.6
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Care: 6.7
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Care: 6.8
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Care: 6.9
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Care: 6.10
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- 11 Comments
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Care: 6.11
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- 6 Comments
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Interlude 6: Waves.
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- 13 Comments
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Tide: 7.1
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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
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Tide: 7.6
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Book 1 Epilogue: Elementals.
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- 15 Comments
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Interlude arc: Hunt.
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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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Hunt: 8.8
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Hunt: 8.9
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Hunt: 8.10
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Hunt: 8.11
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Book Two: Winter. Prologue.
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Need: 9.1
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Need: 9.7
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