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| @@ -12,10 +12,17 @@ It began one evening when I was about 6 years old. | |||
| 12 | I 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. | 12 | I 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. |
| 13 | The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. | 13 | The idea of possessing a nonhuman body fascinated me immediately, especially that of a bird. |
| 14 | What 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? | 14 | What 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? |
| 15 | As I imagined myself in this situation, something inside of my mind awakened; something that rejected my humanity and longed for something else. | 15 | As 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. |
| 16 | Driven by this strange desire, imagining I was a bird became a frequent activity. | 16 | Driven by this strange desire, imagining I was a bird became a frequent activity. |
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| 18 | When I was 13, dragons took the place of birds after I got introduced to fantasy novels; 4 years later it was wolves, and shortly after foxes. | 18 | When I was 13 years old, dragons took the place of birds after I got introduced to fantasy novels; 4 years later it was wolves, and shortly after foxes. |
| 19 | During this time, I had started to question my experience and was looking for answers. | 19 | Somewhere along the way, I had realized that my experience was far from normal and I finally started to look for answers. |
| 20 | I theorized I had the soul of a dragon, stumbled across the furry fandom, and learned about the existence of otherkins and therians. | 20 | What was this persistent feeling in the back of my mind that made me think I was supposed to be an animal? |
| 21 | I never talked with anyone about it, though. | 21 | Were there other people like me? |
| 22 | I did a lot of introspection, theorized I had the soul of a dragon, stumbled across the [furry fandom], and learned about the existence of [otherkins] and [therians]. | ||
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| 26 | [furry fandom]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom | ||
| 27 | [otherkins]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin | ||
| 28 | [therians]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therianthropy | ||