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i sat in a high-backed chair painted black in a room i'd never been in before. i had on an over-sized khaki colored shirt i like to wear. on the tv were sea creatures pretending to be screen savers but i knew they were real. i was called down to the gallery where a man sat near a giant wall of windows. it was so bright in there. i could barely see his face. a bunch of my drawings were there hanging in a row. the man asked how i was able to make the blue crystals so shiny in the one closest to him. it was a strip of blue tape crumpled up. i didn't want to disappoint him so i acted like he meant it as a compliment and not a question. i smiled instead of answering.