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Alohomora - by connie 💝 - Letters of Bewilderment

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The pixels, portals, and paradoxes of our digital wonderlands

To know the world, one must construct it. - Pavese Popular fiction is filled with stories about children who grow to realize that they possess some kind of special power—usually, they learn this from an unexpected incident, however jarring, that makes them realize Woah! There’s something special I have going on here. These are moments like when Harry Potter accidentally made the glass of the zoo snake tank vanish with his magic before he knew anything about wizards or Hogwarts, or when Elsa from Frozen realizes how powerful and dangerous her powers are when she accidentally harms her…

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