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A stance of pride, confidence, and self-reliance. Just as you seem proud of your childhood, so do I want you, my son: confident in your manhood. And know that life, all of it, is "a stance of pride."

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Does my laugh not charm you..?

It is a laugh full of optimism and contentment with the smiling future that my innocent childhood promises.

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I am a human girl — not an imp and not a jinn-maiden!!

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You gaze, little girl, at this world you have come into to make its acquaintance, and it frightens you! But you hold your ground, standing firm before it.