00:00My parents told me my brother died in a car accident ten years ago.
00:03I just found him in our attic, and he hasn't aged a day.
00:07My parents have spent the last decade mourning my brother, Leo.
00:11His room is a shrine, and they cry every night at 8 p.m. sharp.
00:15I've always been the disappointing second choice.
00:18But last night, the power went out, and I heard a rhythmic thumping coming from the ceiling of the attic.
00:23I climbed up there with my flashlight.
00:25Behind a false wall of old Christmas decorations, I found a glass room.
00:29And inside was Leo.
00:31He was wearing the same pajamas from the accident photos.
00:34He was playing with the same Legos.
00:36He looked exactly seven years old.
00:39I tapped on the glass, and he looked at me with eyes that weren't human.
00:43They were glowing a faint synthetic blue.
00:46He tilted his head and whispered through a speaker,
00:48Are you the new organ donor?
00:51Mom said the last one stopped working.
00:53I heard my mother's footsteps on the attic ladder, and she wasn't crying.
00:57She was carrying a surgical tray.
00:59I told her what he would be doing now.
00:59I was trying to wear my hands to her.
00:59And she didn't have to wear my anxiety.
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