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“Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you repeat. "Because you can only see the stars when it is dark.”

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Book:A Glasshouse of Stars
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