Demon Disease, Again (4)

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When do you think a person loses their childlike innocence?

The day they realize the tragic truth that the Santa Claus who visited every Christmas was actually their uncle?

The day they realize the old saying that their beloved puppy went ahead to wait for them was a lie?

The day they realize the New Year's cash gifts their mother said she was saving to give them later had been invested in stocks?

No.

At least, none of those things broke my childlike innocence.

Of course, when I learned in my senior year of high school that my New Year's cash gifts had been invested in stocks, I lost my mind and staged a protest against my parents,

but that wasn't what broke my childlike innocence.

The stocks were in a semiconductor company, so I later kissed my parents' feet...