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The story of Separation Sunday is indeed a comeback story; as "How a Resurrection Really Feels" tells us, "Today she finally came back." Holly dies and is resurrected in "Banging Camp," and she also falls in with bad company but ends up finding religion, kicking her habits, and getting clean, thereby "coming back" in another sense. Both of these mirror the story of the gospels; the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

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