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He sat slouched in his primitive rags, in the company of sand, dust, and many life forms, none of his own clan. Since times obscure, those few square feet of exposed land had become his home. Thousands of people passed him everyday. The hungry and thirsty didn’t notice him at all while the complacent thought it wise to spare him a look of pity or contempt. But he had long since stopped noticing all this. He had long since stopped noticing almost everything. But today, something had caught his attention. Lazily but attentively, he looked at a pup barking at and trying to chase its own shadow – and wondered…