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Into the Center of the Circle

(This is the third of a series of four articles.)

By Nicholas Gagarin,

The boy could feel a big knot of tightness in his neck. Gabrielle had worked on it that afternoon.

"Why?"

"Because you go to Harvard. Because you want a B.A."

Again there was silence, and the boy became aware that his body was still being massaged all over.

"You have a Ph.D."

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"Yes"

The boy had known that before. He also knew that John had been through a severe three-month breakdown during his training at Esalen.

"Can I have both--my body and a B.A."

"Yes."

"Without a nervous breakdown?"

"Yes."

"How long would it take?"

"A couple of months."

"That would be in time for the summer," the boy said wistfully.

John laughed softly again, and then made the boy arch his stomach high, high into the air, then slowly lie back on the floor.

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