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Quote #10
Had ShivaMarion been delivered vaginally (impossible, given how our heads were connected), Shiva, presenting skull first, would have been the firstborn, the older twin. But when the Cesarean section reversed the natural birth order, I became the first to breathe—senior by a few seconds. I also became spokesperson for ShivaMarion.
Here's another way in which the twins' separate identities are actually inseparable. Usually, siblings (even twins) identify by birth order, but Shiva and Marion can't even differentiate in that way. Shiva was the first to start on his way out, but Marion was the first to be pulled out. They are the same.