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“Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off”

“I think you lost all interest in this world. You were disappointed and discouraged, and lost interest in everything. So you abandoned your physical body. You went to a world apart and you’re living a different kind of life there. In a world inside you.”

“There was a special sensation of his body and his mind beginning to separate, and he could no longer distinguish the real world from the fictional”

“The thing was, he was tired of being so capable”