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"Please, read it to me Rie."
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What do I want to say?
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What should I sayto myfather?
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I'm asking myself.
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I deeply regret refusing to see you...
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when you came to the hospital.
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This feeling of regret...
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torments me more than my illness.
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I've been blaming you...
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ever since Mother's death.
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Without any explanation...
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you moved awayto a remote fishing village.
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I thought then...
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you were trying to avoid facing reality.
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To be honest...
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I've been trying to escape it as well.
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When you came to the hospital...
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I couldn't face the distance between us.
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People have never understood...
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my obsession with folk opera.
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I've been drawn to them...
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because they mirror my life.
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I've come to realize...
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that I'm the actor behind...
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the mask.
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I've tried to fool myself...
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and everyone close to me.
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Mytrue feelings...
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have eluded me until now.
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I have not allowed myself...
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to acknowledge them.
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"Father,"
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it's not the operathat is important.
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I now see...