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Aubrey couldn't help it. He couldn't help but notice that his energy was so radiant, beautiful in a way reminiscent of a field of sunflowers being painted in rich gold by the sunrise. And Aubrey did adore such a sight.

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Aubrey, isolated both by nature and design, struggled to step out on his own once his only anchor in the neighborhood moved away. Gordon and Anne; practically his surrogate parents, the only people he could socialize with. Once they were gone, he found himself scrambling through darkness, clinging to old habits; harmless, but embarrassing, strange habits that he couldn't even hope to explain. Though he often stumbled and wished those habits away, they-miraculously-brought him to the light he'd been missing for years.