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6I am not a fox. 6As a child, I spent a lot of time imagining what being a bird would be like.
7It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, not to mention come up with this text in the first place. 7How would it feel to experience and interact with the world through such a completely different body?
8A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer, too. 8To have the ability to fly and feel my feathers bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky?
9But despite reality leaving no room for doubt, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me. 9To be treated and perceived by other creatures not as a human but as a bird?
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11This fascination was sparked when I was 6 years old.
12I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to teach him different things about life.
13One of these transformation involves Arthur being turned into a yellow sparrow.
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11It began one evening when I was about 6 years old.
12I was watching "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, an animated film about a boy called Arthur who is transformed into various animals by Merlin the wizard in order to educate him.
13The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. 19The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird.
14What would it feel like to experience and interact with the world, to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky? 20What would it feel like to experience and interact with the world, to be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the sky?
15As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have. 21As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for the life I was supposed to have.
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24Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically. 30Therians are individuals who believe they are an animal on some level, either spiritually -- such as past lives or souls -- or psychologically.
25It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me. 31It sounds like the perfect answer to my question, but after looking into them it didn't resonate with me.
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34I am not a fox.
35It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise.
36A fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, not to mention come up with this text in the first place.
37A fox couldn't have a job as a software developer.
38A fox wouldn't look in the mirror and see a human.