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The Ball Of Hay & Twine & Issues Of Computer-Enthusiast Magazines.

Bounced down the aisle of graduation.

No one said a thing, trying to watch it all.

The three friends tried, too, but choked their own moment by stopping and staring like tourists.

This is what they wanted and it was going too well.

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'People think that when you're young you go out and have fun, and only later do you start to think about death. But every man I ever met was terrified of getting old. They worried all the time about how old they were. They get obsessed about it when they're quite young -- I've seen twenty-five year-olds worried about getting old -- and it just gets worse.'

Nothing. There was nothing. He knew his life was over, but he didn't understand the ending. Everything was dark, indistinct, and painful.

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