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“If you truly love someone, you’ll fight for them. Fighting doesn’t always mean wielding a hammer. Sometimes it means taking a hard job and doing something you don’t want to do. And sometimes fighting for someone means holding them when they cry and helping them remember how to breathe.”

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Mortal Tether

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