I Had Borrowed It

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　　I don't think it was that conversation with Dwight, and it wasn't anything in particular that happened while I was there, but while I was in the inn I started feeling like a Tootsie Roll Pop. On the outside I was having a shiny-good colorful time. But I could feel my chewy, gooey center squishing and squashing inside of me.

Heroes

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　　"I think you need heroes, too," I said. I made a little fist for punch.

　　"Heroes?" she asked. "Liked friends and family?"

　　"They can be friends or family," I said. "Webster's says——"

Just a Myth

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　　"What do you mean about gates and bridges?" I asked.

　　"Hmm . . . just that whole passageway feeling. Like there's gotta be something better on the other side."

　　"Oh," I said. I squared a row of boxes with my hands and went on stacking. "Do you think that's true?"