> There's a joke or a put-down in here somewhere, about stupid people beating themselves with brain coral in an attempt to get smarter, but I can't quite make it work just yet.
>
maybe you should try....

> >Well, at 7, I probably didn't have the strength to make a good impression, anyway.
>
> But you've succeeded, years later, in making an impression on us. ["Psst -- that's her, that's the girl who wanted a scar with a brain pattern to brag about!"]

Well, thanks.
>
> Iss "there's a strange, deep, circular scar right in the middle of my abdomen, and I can never remember how I got it" achar

Pssst--Sam! Delete this! it's getting him one step closer to discovering one of the branches of R.I.N.K.!

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