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WEDNESDAY, 28 JUNE 1961
You sent "lol" to avoid having feelings.
It worked. You feel nothing, said nothing, and lost the person who asked how you were.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Lessons will be learned. By whom, and when, will also be learned. Eventually. Possibly.
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