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A somewhat exaggerated sense of the innate sadness and transience of life remains with the girl long after she has managed to put the incident out of her mind. This keeps her from fully participating in society, although she is never able to consciously make that connection.

The younger boy develops an unhealthy fascination with death, which is manifested in his creation of macabre, unsettling cartoons, much to the confusion and dismay of his family and friends. He is eventually institutionalized.

The older boy handles the incident reasonably well, and even tries to use the story to pick up girls later in life. Naturally, this backfires decisively, which leaves him with a generalized insecurity in his ability to attract women. By the time he dies of an intestinal blockage at the age of 38, he has never had a girlfriend.

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A somewhat exaggerated sense of the innate sadness and transience of life remains with the girl long after she has managed to put the incident out of her mind. This keeps her from fully participating in society, although she is never able to consciously make that connection.
The younger boy develops an unhealthy fascination with death, which is manifested in his creation of macabre, unsettling cartoons, much to the confusion and dismay of his family and friends. He is eventually institutionalized.
The older boy handles the incident reasonably well, and even tries to use the story to pick up girls later in life. Naturally, this backfires decisively, which leaves him with a generalized insecurity in his ability to attract women. By the time he dies of an intestinal blockage at the age of 38, he has never had a girlfriend.
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