Welcome to The Ink Well, @rdsmas! Thank you for sharing this remarkable story. It is full of dramatic scenery and situations, and the protagonist is continually thrown into peril. It's quite a gripping story! We are kept wondering why all this is occurring to one person until you reveal the hypnosis and his guilt and sadness at the end. Well done!
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