“Narrator: 'As he listened, Tom began to realize that these stories weren't routinely told. These were stories one had to earn. He could feel the wall coming down. He wondered if anyone else had made it this far. Which is why the next six words changed everything.'
Summer: 'I've never told anybody that before.'
Tom: 'I guess I'm not just anybody.'”
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