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The Spirit of Small Gifts
This prompt appears several times throughout multiple versions of "The Spirit of Small Gifts," but it seems that each iteration offers an entirely different take on the concept and goal behind this mysterious narrative piece about mail-themed RPG games, RPGs themselves as a metaphor for various aspects related to fiction writing or storytelling. The overarching theme may be focused around creative problem solving in relation to fictional worlds created through roleplaying games (RPGs), but it seems that each iteration offers an entirely different take on the concept and goal behind this mysterious narrative piece about mail-themed RPG games, RPGs themselves as a metaphor for various aspects related to fiction writing or storytelling.
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