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Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality”
Scared

— Um, — said Harry. — What Tracey did... startled you?

— Startled me, Mr. Potter? — There might have been a touch of acidity in her voice. — No, Mr. Potter, I was scared. I was frightened. I wouldn’t want to admit to being afraid of just dragons or something, people might think I was cowardly, but when you can hear distant voices crying ‘Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!’ and there’s pools of blood seeping out from under all the doors, then it’s okay to be scared.

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