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PASSAGE
Passage (Prose Fiction/Literary Narrative):
(Paragraph 1) The first time Eli saw the old theater, it was boarded up, its marquee blank except for a single rusted bulb that still blinked at dusk. His grandmother called it "the Palace," as if the name alone could keep it standing.
(Paragraph 2) On Saturday she handed him a ring of keys and said, "We're not breaking in. We're returning." Inside, dust lay on the velvet seats like a thin snowfall. Eli imagined crowds laughing at jokes he would never hear.
(Paragraph 3) His grandmother moved with the certainty of someone who remembered where the light switches were. She paused at the stage and ran her fingers along the curtain's frayed edge. "Your grandfather proposed to me right there," she said, pointing to a spot near the orchestra pit.
(Paragraph 4) Eli expected a long story, but she only smiled and began sweeping, as if memory were something you made room for. When Eli asked why she kept the keys, she said, "Because places don't close. People do."
(Paragraph 5) Later, as they left, Eli looked back at the blinking bulb. It seemed less like a warning light now and more like an invitation.
The author most likely includes the detail that the grandmother says, "We're not breaking in. We're returning," in Paragraph 2 in order to:
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