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signed the contract made their lowercase r with a sharp, pointed top, like a tiny tent. It was a precise, geometric shape. My own r was always rounded, a soft curve that flowed into the next letter.

On the report card, Julian’s signature and his handwritten answers on the biology worksheets were filled with those same sharp, tent-like r’s.

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