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He doesn't seem to register the pain of other persons.
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Sometimes, he doesn't even seem to register the existence of other persons.
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Well, this is an example-- this conversation--of completely
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missed signals between the two of them.
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Sabbath Lily tells the story of wrestling with her identity as a bastard,
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and on 119 you get her account of her writing to the advice columnist
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Mary Brittle about the problem of being a bastard and
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what kind of sexual play is appropriate for a bastard,
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given the fact that the Bible says a bastard shall not enter
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the kingdom of heaven.
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So she's trying to figure out, really, whether she should sleep
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with someone, because what does she have to lose?