I read it years ago so the details are hazy but I still think about it often. Does a really good job depicting what it’s like to be a human trapped in your own body and mind, and trying so hard to connect with another, but sometimes our own devices get in the way. how something as minor as indigestion can feel like an insurmountable and untimely occurence
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this sounds like exactly what im looking for. thankss
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