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Diego Unplugged

A teenager drops his phone out a window and is forced to survive a month without it.

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TechnologyReflectiveInspiringHeartwarming

Diego never goes anywhere without his phone. Not to the kitchen, not to bed, not even across the street. Then one summer evening, it slips from his hands and shatters on the sidewalk two stories below. His parents won't pay for the repair. It will take a month of work to save up. At first, the silence is unbearable. Food tastes like nothing, music falls flat, and his hands keep reaching for something that isn't there. But slowly, the world starts to get louder — in ways he never expected.

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Name: Diego Unplugged
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