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42 The Syndromes: Mason’s Syndrome One of the few syndromes that afflicts large and unified groups of people, Mason’s Syndrome is characterized by children hallucinating in common. From a distance, the activity of these children is indistinguishable from common imaginative play, but upon closer inspection is observed a peculiar industry, reverence for the smallest insect, and overwhelming quiet aside from an indistinct tune they seem to be humming together. The affliction reveals itself when any of the children are asked what he or she is doing, to which the afflicted reply, without variation, building a road. Upon mentioning that you can’t see the road, they respond, without variation, we know. gay pages-2.indd 42 10/18/10 11:20 AM ...

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