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Free.

After twenty long years.

Free.

That's a long time.

A very long time indeed. Most of my life, in fact.

What are you free from?

Prison.

An asylum.

You were in one for twenty years? Sorry to hear that.

I've only seen one from the outside.

That's for the best. I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.

I wanted to go in, but Mom wouldn't let me.

Why were you there? Inappropriate question? Probably. Does she care? No, not really.

They can often look like pleasant buildings from the outside, but she was right to keep you from entering.

There was a mistake in the paperwork.

She went in. I don't think it was nice to make me wait outside!

And it took them twenty years to correct it?

It may not have been nice, but I doubt it was an appropriate place for a child.

It did.