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When I was younger, so much younger than to today, I actually trained to be a ninja. I was maybe the age Death Cube is today. I practiced abjuration, meditation, fasting, conditioning as well as as much martial arts training as I could find classes for. This went on for years. Every night I would sit naked on the roof of our two story house by the airport and block out both the cold and the noise of the airplanes so all I could hear were the sounds of myself. I practiced stealth every day. I thought of the day as a failure if somebody noticed me before I wanted them to. My parents even came up with a rule for me that I had to speak aloud every time I entered a room, because they were getting freaked out by me just appearing behind them. I would also climb everything I could. Trees, fences, walls, I would traverse the neighborhood from rooftop to rooftop. I was also big into jumping off of roofs to better train myself in the art of graceful escape. I would jump off of my two story roof often as practice. I loved those times. I also think that it's funny that I spent so long training to be a ninja, and other than that short time period where I got into fights all of the time, I didn't really use it for its intended purpose, and now that I'm a pacifist, it seems ridiculous that I ever wanted to be a ninja. Although all of that training shaped who I am today. This is an interesting concept for a task. I would like to see the purpose or reason subverted though.