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Flash in the Pan: Regress

Up, down, right, left.
The motion was making his hands numb but he was determined beat the game once and for all. The idea that he could not make it to the end of the level by the time they called him to dinner was unacceptable.
“Is that all he does all day, at 40?”
“Yes.”
“What caused him to regress?”
“He knows he’s dying.”
What is he dying from would cause him to regress? Is he actually regressing or simply in denial?
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Red said…
Denial. Frankly, I think the real answer is coping. He wants to have success at something since he is losing the battle of health.
xxx
August 10, 2013 at 7:11 PM
Laurie said…
Now that's an answer I can live with.
August 16, 2013 at 5:26 PM
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