I don't know what I expected. Impressions: I'm not sure I could say that there was a good way to end this at this point, but I've been surprised before. I was not surprised here, unless you count some profoundly bizarre and horrendous speeches glorifying suicide, and refusing to ever learn, change, or adapt. […]
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