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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
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black noses. Consider how pink is the little cleft between their toes and the main cushion of their feet. Their ears are like silk. Inside their upper jaws are parallel black ridges, most remarkable. I never realized before how beautifully and carefully we are made. I am surprised that you should be so indifferent to these things.”

There was a moisture in Fuji's eyes, but he left at the end of the week.