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1	''Before We Had Wings'' is a short ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' oneshot that can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1757765/1/Before-We-Had-Wings here]]. It was written in 2004 by Shadsie.
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3	The concept behind the story is simple: What are the backstories of the various Haibane? ''Before We Had Wings'' goes with the interpretation that the Haibane are all deceased people. As a result, the story explains their deaths.
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6	!!''Before We Had Wings'' provides examples of:
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8	* DeathOfAChild: The Haibane are all deceased children. The fic shows how several of them died.
9	* DrivenToSuicide:
10	** Rakka jumped off of her balcony because she felt she had no place in the world.
11	** A depressed Reki killed herself by laying on train tracks.
12	* LookBothWays: Hikari died after a hit-and-run when she was crossing the road without looking.
13	* ParentalNeglect: Rakka mentions that her mother doesn't care about her anymore.
14	* SelfHarm: It's mentioned off-hand that Rakka cuts herself. Her parents don't understand why she does it.
15	* SweetTooth: Used darkly with Shota. He is a terminally ill child who loves shortcake. His mother makes it for him every day and handfeeds it to him after he grows too weak to feed himself.
16	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Reki's age isn't mentioned but it is stated that she's too young to be smoking as much as she does.

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