<table><tbody><tr><td>Sometimes the truth is right in front of you.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>But we tend to walk right past it.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>When we backtrack, we realize that it is no longer there.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>That is why we should never look back.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>But, can we really not look back?</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>There is fear within us all.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>And that fear, both lead us and bind us.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>Lead us to our greatest strengths and worst weaknesses.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Bind us to our pasts and responsibilities.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>And, when that fear consumes us, we hit a dead end...</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Zero Percent Remaining.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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    Welcome to Zero Percent Remaining! This story is a brand new reader interactive brought to you by Hikaru Seishin and Sachiko. You, the reader, take the role of the only contact that the characters have. Guide the characters through this nightmare horror story...


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