[Image Post]

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[The screen flickers until an image can be made out. While the screen begins to focus, soft strains of a violin can be heard, occasionally accompanied by the piano, even when the picture finally comes into view - Ban Midou, about four to six years old, surrounded by books even the most learned of college professors would have a difficult time understanding.]



[Though the image remains, sounds can be heard - his voice muttering in German as he reads aloud and marks places in books, flipping pages, and the occasional slurp while he drinks from his mug - as well as the music in the distance.]