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The Character They Made of You

June 16, 2026June 21, 2026 / emberosis / Leave a comment

There is a type of loneliness that comes not from being unknown, but from being known wrongly. From watching people who have never spoken to you arrive at total certainty about who you are, build an entire person out of a sentence or two, and then respond, sometimes with real venom, to a character they … Continue reading The Character They Made of You

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