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[Alexandr Korol]

I didn’t know her. She truly had a unique and beautiful style of photography — not like those studio setups, but catching light and shadows in the moment. It was all so unusual. We would walk around the city, and she would take photos, and it was clear that she was a creative, vibrant soul. And we somehow started talking about life, and I said:

– I see this, and I feel that, and I don’t understand what it is or how it works.

And she also fed that sense of belief — not in a judgmental way, but quite the opposite. She said it was wow, that it was something unique, and that she had also met people like that before, and that miracles happened in her life too. So just imagine — that’s the kind of period I was living through back then.

And so, returning to the question — yes, this Alexander “Businessman,” at some point, maybe on the third time we met, or maybe the fifth, he said to me:

– Alex, I’ve asked everything I wanted to ask. Now I need to understand — how did you become this way?
– I don’t know. I was born like this.
– No, you definitely must remember. What did you do? What happened to you? Something must have happened, there must be a reason. Why did you become like this? When did it happen? Do you remember?

And he really guided my attention — he was smart about it. He said:

– Okay, one year ago, could you do this and that? – Yes.
– Two years ago?
– Yes.
– And three years ago?

And so he kept asking until he pinpointed the year, the time:

– Alright, what happened during that period?