Harken

Can endings affect beginnings? Yes. 
How? By looking back at them. 
Sometimes, a new beginning is the only way to look back at how everything started. But other times, a new beginning can run parallel to its past ending and continue from there. 
You're reading this line from the first time, and yet, reading it again will invalidate its statement. 
See? Endings do affect beginnings. 

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