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Do not confuse your unique creation with the absence of life

[Image description: Digital drawing of Ryoji and the Male MC from Persona 3, styled to look like screencaps. Ryoji stands in front of Male MC's dorm windows and smiles sadly, placing a hand on his chest. He says, "This was not life, just a husk shaped to act as human." Cut to Male MC standing by the door and staring as Ryoji as he continues, "Yours was life." End description]

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[Image description: screencaps of a conversation in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Lace: Life? You're too generous! This weak, wasting existence. This was not life, just a husk shaped to act as a child.

Hornet: Yours was life, pale one. Do not confuse your unique creation with its absence. I have seen others make the same mistake. End description.] (By quailfence)

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