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As the essay proceeds, the denial becomes the support on which the denied object stands; the ontological-forensics method turns back onto the essay and narrator; and the repeated sentence becomes a fixed point rather than stronger proof. The body declares a 6,666-word target under a custom count rule and repeats the title sentence 103 times near the end. 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