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Weekly Contest #313
“Do you think giraffes feel pain?”“What?”“When they're born. They just hit the ground.”“Maybe?” Finn pauses. “I mean, it's how they're designed to give birth, right? So I'm sure they're fine.”“Yeah.”The room swells with silence. Then, “I think they've made a bigger deal out of quicksand than they needed to.”Finn smiles. “Where's your head today?”“I dunno. Just some random thoughts, I guess. I just, I wanna get them out before…”Finn licks his lips. “Quicksand?”Shay shifts in her bed. “Like, so many cartoons made quicksand to be this huge deal...
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