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I wouldn’t exactly call it fictitious, but … yes.
DR. GREYSON
And you do not claim to have written this poem?
HAZEL SHADE
No. It’s my father’s final work. Just the other parts.
DR. GREYSON
I just … I don’t believe that you wrote this commentary.
HAZEL SHADE
Excuse me? You really think Kinbote exists beyond my mind?
DR. GREYSON
I can’t say for certain that a man such as this lived next to you; as we are far
away, in these beautiful mountains, I can only go on what you tell me. But, I
don’t think you wrote this. Perhaps your father, god rest his soul, creating a false
reality to go along with his poem.
HAZEL SHADE
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