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-->"Please mister, you don't have to do me like this..."

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-->"Please --->"Please mister, you don't have to do me like this..."
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** Transitioned perfectly to TheMovie, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.

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** Transitioned perfectly to TheMovie, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.
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-->Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.

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-->Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.mystery.
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* The innumerable moments when the Man watches over the Boy (asleep or otherwise), noting how ghastly thin the child is.

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* The innumerable moments when the Man watches over the Boy (asleep or otherwise), noting how ghastly thin the child is.is and/or the hopelessness of their whole situation.

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* The father throwing away his wedding ring and his wallet that contains a picture of his wife.
* Aside from the fact that the entire book is a TearJerker, the man telling the boy that he isn't the one who has to worry about everything all the time and the boy saying "Yes I am. I am the one."

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* The father Man throwing away his wedding ring and his wallet that contains a picture of his wife.
* The innumerable moments when the Man watches over the Boy (asleep or otherwise), noting how ghastly thin the child is.
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Aside from the fact that the entire book is a TearJerker, the man Man telling the boy Boy that he isn't the one who has to worry about everything all the time and the boy Boy saying "Yes I am. I am the one."



** The father stripping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the man's clothes he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back. Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.

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** The father Man stripping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son Boy convinces the father Man to go back to return the man's clothes thief's clothes, he is gone gone, so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance that he decides to come back. Made even worse by the fact that the man thief didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.



* When the father dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologizes for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]].
* The final passage. It doesn't say what happened to the Boy, but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still heartbreaking.

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* When the father Man dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologizes for not being able to take care of the boy Boy anymore]].
* The final passage. It doesn't say what happened to the Boy, but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still heartbreaking.just as easily heartbreaking (telling as it does of an Earth where humanity is just a blip among the eons).

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** Transitioned perfectly to {{The Movie}}, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.
** The father stripping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the man's clothes [[spoiler:he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back.]] Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.

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** Transitioned perfectly to {{The Movie}}, TheMovie, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.
** The father stripping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the man's clothes [[spoiler:he he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back.]] back. Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.



* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologizes for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]]]].
* The final passage. It doesn't say [[spoiler:what happened to the Boy]], but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still a tearjerker.

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* When [[spoiler:the the father dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologizes for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]]]].
anymore]].
* The final passage. It doesn't say [[spoiler:what what happened to the Boy]], Boy, but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still a tearjerker.heartbreaking.
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** The father striping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the mans clothes [[spoiler:he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back.]] Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.

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** The father striping stripping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the mans man's clothes [[spoiler:he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back.]] Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.
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* The final passage. It doesn't say [[spoiler:what happened to the Boy]], but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still deeply depressing.

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* The final passage. It doesn't say [[spoiler:what happened to the Boy]], but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still deeply depressing.a tearjerker.

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* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologises for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]]]].

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* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologises apologizes for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]]]].anymore]]]].
* The final passage. It doesn't say [[spoiler:what happened to the Boy]], but instead, it comes across as a sobering lamentation or an epitaph for the world and what's been forever lost. Of course, depending on one's interpretation, it may actually be hopeful, but nonetheless, it's still deeply depressing.
-->Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.
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* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end]].

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* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end]].end, [[SorryThatImDying and he apologises for not being able to take care of the boy anymore]]]].

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* The father throwing away his wedding ring and his wallet that contains a picture of his wife.



* The father throwing away his wedding ring and his wallet that contains a picture of his wife.

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* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end]].

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** The father striping the bandit of his clothes at gunpoint as he begs for mercy. By the time the son convinces the father to go back to return the mans clothes [[spoiler:he is gone so they just set the clothes on the ground with a single can of food on the off chance he decides to come back.]] Made even worse by the fact that the man didn't hurt the boy, he just took the food because he was hungry.
-->"Please mister, you don't have to do me like this..."
* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end]].end]].
* The father throwing away his wedding ring and his wallet that contains a picture of his wife.
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** Transitioned perfectly to {{The Movie}}, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.

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** Transitioned perfectly to {{The Movie}}, where Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] is sure to tear your ventricles apart with his delivery.delivery.
* When [[spoiler:the father dies in the end]].

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