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Melody
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[im putting my highlights here now bc this arc copy won’t let me highlight them 🙄]
“I guess,” he says, “my main question is, how do you know?” How do you feel? I don’t know. I never know. “Because there’s nothing inside me that tells me I’m a man. I just am.”
I shrug. “Exactly.”
Dad leans back in his chair. “Huh.”
— Sep 07, 2024 06:37PM
“I guess,” he says, “my main question is, how do you know?” How do you feel? I don’t know. I never know. “Because there’s nothing inside me that tells me I’m a man. I just am.”
I shrug. “Exactly.”
Dad leans back in his chair. “Huh.”
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