the process

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you can tell

when the bad

ones are near.


they come in

with fixed cheeks

and eyes hiding

hate.


they are usually

always a faint

shade of red.


this is because

they bottle up

the hurt, only

letting it out on

those too weak

to fight back.


this is how

they heal.

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