Havens remembers hovering high above that city of youth massed in what days before had been a peaceful cow pasture, and being awed by the size and the power of the gathering.

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As your record shapes itself an awed wonder haunts you, and yet there is no more exciting an adventure than trying to be honest in this way.

你过去的事变成一种让你毛骨悚然恐怖的经历，没有什么比如实记录更激动人心的了,当你写完之后。

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