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They were alone, a species of one. He was alone, viewed a monster by all.
He said unto them, “Because you are my dearest friend, I will give you this gift, the gift of birth. So that you will never be lonely again.”

Alexis dragged her suitcase down the sidewalk in front of her mother’s large brick house. A crisp autumn breeze blew dried leaves from the old r...