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Sword and Scale Daily, crime stories five days a week. We'll see you soon. When you're young, you feel invincible. Mortality is a half-baked concept.

When you're young, you feel invincible.

Mortality is a half-baked concept pushed into the furthest recesses of our mind.

It's simply incomprehensible that we won't be here forever.

Of course this pattern of thinking is inherently risky.

This mentality is the reason that teenagers and well pretty much everyone under 25

has to pay a lot more for car insurance. The insurance companies know you're a risk. You engage in risky behavior. Risky business, if I want to date myself a little bit there.

It's also the reason the leading cause of death in people ages 12 through 25

is unintentional injury.

Most notably, accidental poisoning and car accidents.

While it is true that we tend to put ourselves more at risk in our younger years, it's not all bad. This impulsivity often results in some

of our fondest memories, our most exhilarating experiences.

Oftentimes things we would never even dare to think of doing again 20 years later.

In the beginning of the summer of 2023, 21-year-old Eva Liu and her friend 22-year-old

Kelsey Chang were living out their youth adventurously. After graduating from their shared university, both with

flying colors and numerous accolades, they decided to take an international trip.

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