"Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock."

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"Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock."

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"Your gaze fixated on him, my imagination deducing your conclusion. The agony sets in, this pain is unsurpassable with despair adjoining. But I can feel my heart knocking against my chest. So I'll attempt to push ahead for my behalf."

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