MICROVOICES
(Some annoying afflictions, you’re born with, may never go away... except under certain exceptional circumstances.)
Carl Leiner was an only child, and his mother gave him every attention; too much in fact, which thoroughly spoilt him. His father worked mostly abroad and was seldom home. Whenever he did appear, his wife hardly seemed to notice. So indifferent did she become to his presence that. eventually, he decided to leave home for good. She explained his absence to Carl by saying that his father didn’t want her, or him, anymore because he now had many casual girl friends and liked them better. Carl decided he hated girls and wanted nothing more to do with them
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When he became older, Carl was convinced that he'd been born suffering from tinnitus, not that he knew its na
