Clever... Using a young boy as your Avatar.

聪明…用一个小男孩作为化身。

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Clever Samaritan, using a young boy as your avatar.

聪明的撒玛利亚人，用一个小男孩作为化身。

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They were for the animated character, or avatar, the boy used as a stand-in for himself on the Internet.

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Kind of sad all around: boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl, girl-revealed-to-be-avatar-created-by-another-boy.

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