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"Well, then you watch them grow up and become a full person. And then they leave. They go off and do things you'll never see. Don't get me wrong, you still feel good about it. But then somehow you find yourself, after all those years sitting in a closet just feeling... "

"Useless?"

"Yeah."

"Your purpose fulfilled?"

"Exactly."

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