> > Saku"So, what do you think?"ra
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> When I first read it I thought "Sounds like me" but nobody ever beats me up. I don't know if they could if they wanted to. I'm a bit big for most people. Also I would never kill myself. Much too messy.
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> The story was cool. A bit unrealistic I think. I don't think anyone could walk in on a corpse and just have a single tear. Symbolically it's good. Showing how teens who commit suicide can feel like no one in the world cares about them. Did you have any motivation for this piece? A friend or something? Just curious.
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> Mel"It was a bit depressing"anie

No motivation like that, really (and I'm thankful for it). The "sticks and stones" lines came to mind one day, and the story just kind of came with it. I'm not totally sure why I wrote it, though...

As for the sister, you have a point there. Maybe it's just that she's so used to wearing her mask that that's what she's become... I don't know. (To quote Sam, "Clearly, [this is a] rationalization made up after the fact.") I'm not at all sure what I intended there.

Saku"Oh, well."ra