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"How do I know you’ll keep your word?" asked Coraline.

— Neil Gaiman Coraline (2002)

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"Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline. | "Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back."

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