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Gately and Joelle talk veil and U.H.I.D. — "But a lot of the forms…"

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‘But a lot of the forms of self-hatred there is no veil for. U.H.I.D.’s taught a lot of us to be grateful that there’s at least a veil for our form.’ ‘So the veil’s a way to not hide it.’ ‘To hide openly, is more like it.’

Context

The doctrine compressed to a tagline, in dialogue: facial deformity as the lucky form of self-hatred, because it's the one with an approved garment. Gately's paraphrase attempt and her correction — "To hide openly" — is the exact hinge between his AA frame and her U.H.I.D. one, the two programs' difference in nine words.

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