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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="324e30a9736a24d638839a0a9ea82b82"It was the day we discovered she had powers. The day I discovered how thoroughly they had wreaked her. /p
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