You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.
The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one__ eyes without seeing anything.
The Elephant Vanishes
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The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one__ eyes without seeing anything.
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