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"This is beautiful" she says and I know she means it. Her eyes are lit with the brightness of having found ones lost toy. "Thank you" she whispers, and looks away.

Before she turns however, I can't help but notice her smile, and the way that smile just doesn't quite reach her eyes. She's lost in a sea of wonder and sadness, of melancholy and perhaps of fear. But what does she have to be afraid of, I wonder.

She quickly wipes the tears from her eyes.

"You are beautiful" I tell her, but she's already begun to walk away.

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