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    TV tropes told Amelia Tait that life would be spent crawling through ventilation shafts and avoiding quicksand. The reality was very different… until now When I was old enough to know better but young enough for it to still be an excuse, I used to try and run through walls like Wile E. Coyote. I [...]

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