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Why are you crying? They ask. “no reason.” I reply. Thinking very intently about Jason showing up to watch his graduating class walk the stage and get their diplomas or recognizing one of the girls he barely knew from Freshman year surrounded by friends, carrying milkshakes with a a prom dress slung over her arm at the mall. And it hits him suddenly, ‘that’s my senior prom. I’m supposed to graduate in a month.’ (this will have no physiological impact on him whatsoever; he promises himself. (This leads to a very sharp decline in his mental health))

“I’m fine.” I say “totally okay.”

There's a quote I once heard that fits this to a tee.

"Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow. However, that parting need not last forever..."

And the hardest-hitting part:

"Whether a parting be forever or for merely a short time... That is up to you."

(quote from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)

I’ll never forget you.

happy 14th anniversary, explorers of sky ☀️

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