He never thought he was right. The horror of all that had died under his will had become mundane to him. You see, the first horror is the horror itself. The real horror for him was accepting it as necessary.
Whenever my colleagues and I encounter a boy who acts "normal"__ot explosively violent, not oppositional to every word, not obsessed with killing and dying, not focused on sexual objectification__e are overjoyed with his potential. Here is one who has a stronger foundation on which to build, one who will not knock down his every success like a child with a brick castle to see if the adults will keep helping him rebuild.
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Whenever my colleagues and I encounter a boy who acts "normal"__ot explosively violent, not oppositional to every word, not obsessed with killing and dying, not focused on sexual objectification__e are overjoyed with his potential. Here is one who has a stronger foundation on which to build, one who will not knock down his every success like a child with a brick castle to see if the adults will keep helping him rebuild.
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