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Submitted to Contest #316
It’s no rare occasion for Mandy Roswell to get tired of things that the majority of people don’t. Talking with her benchmate in her class? What to most would be taken as a recreational activity would feel like being in a tightlock, where each second that passed in the conversation would feel like two walls closing in to crush her. Doing a group project? Felt like trying to clap a stray mosquito hovering around; nothing could get in her head unless she focused on one topic or sentence her workmates would utter. Small talks? Oh, please, don’t ...
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