... cupcakes represented a fleeting axis mundi, the point of ultimate beauty, hazardously presented to Bart as he wandered through his kitchen; had Bart successfully overcome the trials of the electrodes, his destiny would have been dictated by his own choice, rather than the hazard the shock-inducing cupcakes bore. Bart and John both encountered the four stages of the quintessential mythic quest ... day, Alejandra's aunt, Duena Alfonsa, beseeched John Grady to cease his pursuit of romantic relations with her niece; Rawlins also attempted to quell John Grady's interest in the girl, emphasiz...

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