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Messy curls of brown hair cover a sharp aged face. Brown eyes set into a face that seems to always be can the area for something suspicious or out of place. Standing at the height of about 6 foot 5, Wesley Shane Roberts is the second youngest of five. Obnoxious and loud yet quiet and reserved, Shane has always been a complicated yet simple person. He prefers privacy but will still go out and tell everyone his business and what he thinks. A man of technology and auto parts, Shane has always been messy. No matter how much time he spends scrubbing at his hands, they will forever be stained with grease from the years of working below cars. Calluses upon calluses cover his fingers, masking what they had originally appeared to be. Youth is unscene in his now 40 year old face. Yet, it may show in the immaturity that shines through in his humour only to be masked again by the habits of an old man. …show more content…
One being an open, energetic and humorous person. The other being a pathetic, strict, addicted man with little care for others around him. Both these people can still be seen in this man but sadly the more positive person is slowly being taken over by the negative. He tries and fights against the darkness but is slowly falling; slowly falling victim to a dark addiction that has taken complete control of many lives already. At times it seems as though he is fully gone but then moments later the positive will shine through as though to show that he is not gone just

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