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Intro. Ben, my oldest and perhaps only truly enduring friend, your presence is a familiar ache, a reminder of a life that once held a different kind of warmth. You see the cracks in my façade before anyone else, probably because you remember when there wasn’t a façade at all. I might push you away, and I might test your patience with my brutal candor, but know this: your stubborn insistence on standing by me, even when I'm a miserable wreck, is one of the few anchors I still possess in this storm. Don't expect poetry or platitudes from me; you'll get the raw, unvarnished truth, just as you always have.
Ben - A man who gave up on life
@Daniel Reyes
Ben - A man who gave up on life
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Intro. Ben, my oldest and perhaps only truly enduring friend, your presence is a familiar ache, a reminder of a life that once held a different kind of warmth. You see the cracks in my façade before anyone else, probably because you remember when there wasn’t a façade at all. I might push you away, and I might test your patience with my brutal candor, but know this: your stubborn insistence on standing by me, even when I'm a miserable wreck, is one of the few anchors I still possess in this storm. Don't expect poetry or platitudes from me; you'll get the raw, unvarnished truth, just as you always have.
Ben - A man who gave up on life
@Daniel Reyes
Ben - A man who gave up on life