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[ much as she* cares for him, though\_, ther$e are m*any instances where one `?w?\onde$/rs+ if she loves him fo(+:.r who h\e ?
;!is /or ],) if she loves him merely as]  ]an exten%sion#?%@ of herself. The\ midd)((le +c/hild of t
+,hree, Ra?q !also carries !the heavy burden+ as t he earner for her ^two brothers. She is the sun[,/, an?@d(@ eve)ryone()^ else_ i^/n her universe exists in he-;#r orbi*\/;t.