Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter One: A Funny Child
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Pt. 23,
Ch. 01
Kathy loved jokes, even as an infant she picked up the punch lines. It
was the first thing to mark her as different.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Two: A Strange Child
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Pt. 23, Ch. 02
Kathy was quiet, observant. She did not flit about randomly
like babies do. She was focused, balanced, and cautious.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Three: A Frightening Child
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Pt. 23, Ch. 03
From crawling, to a walk, to dancing in months; Kathy never spoke
until she was able to speak in complete sentences.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Four: Discipline
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Pt. 23, Ch. 04
Direction came from within; memories, ancestral voices focused her.
Plans formed spontaneously to realize her goals.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Five: Conformity
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Pt. 23, Ch. 05
Kathy mastered tasks without effort. Only muscle memory took time; the
skill of blending in, hiding her differences.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Six: Quietude
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Pt. 23, Pt. 06
To get along; Kathy had to be silent, listen, to wait, to let the
others fail; success for her was a private affair.
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Prodigy; Part Twenty-three,
Chapter Seven: Other
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Pt. 23,
Ch. 07
Kathy was young when she realized she was different. Her parents were
afraid, afraid for her. She was like an alien.
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Emergence:
Section Four, Kathy
Part Twenty-three, Prodigy
Collected Chapters
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Section 04, Kathy
Part 23, Prodigy
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01 A Funny
Child
02 A
Strange Child
03 A
Frightening Child
04 Discipline
05 Conformity
06 Quietude
07 Other
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Emergence: Section Four, Kathy; Part Twenty-three, Prodigy, Collected Chapters
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