[There's a long pause before Erwin answers. It's a lot to get his head around, and he wants to articulate it as well as he can.]
For the first and only time in my life, I wanted to blend in. I wanted to be considered normal so badly, it was almost painful. And when I remembered who I really was, when the lights faded the faintest bit, it was a war inside my head, between who they wanted me to be and who I really am.
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For the first and only time in my life, I wanted to blend in. I wanted to be considered normal so badly, it was almost painful. And when I remembered who I really was, when the lights faded the faintest bit, it was a war inside my head, between who they wanted me to be and who I really am.