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Fiction
(voices)
Yahia Lababidi’s multiple philosophies speak gently to us.
Idealist: We are gathered here to solve the Mystery of Life, no less!
Nihilist: We are thrown here to discuss Nothing, no more!
Idealist: Then the discussion has already begun.
Nihilist: Long before we arrived, and without our consent.
Idealist: Let us persist, then. Will everyone please state their position in one word?
Nihilist: ‘Anti-life’.
Idealist: That’s a hyphenated word.
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