Aye, laddie. I remember when I was young and spry, like ye are. I grew up on a farm full of potatoes, run by my mum and pa. We loved to eat potatoes, and we had them breakfast, lunch, and dinner, every day. Aye, 'twas a fine set of meals we ate then. No matter how we cooked them: baked, mashed, or fried; they always came out tasting just like a wee golden haggis straight from valhalla. But one day, I discovered a new way to cook potatoes. This new potato was not for eating, not for mere consumption. This, laddie, was a potato you could write on. In your land, I'm sure you are familiar with this as "paper," a product that originated from a wee papyrus. Little do they know, us Scots have been using potatoes for much, much longer. For centuries, we have been passing down stories with our paper, from generation to generation. Now this burden finally comes to you. So sit back, and relax, as I tell an old tale, from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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