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What he said. Kids in King's books are often special, and do all seem to have a certain 6th sense of sorts, and I think King does indeed bundle these all together as different elements of the shining....I believe so, and I think King at one point was quoted as saying that every child has the "Shine" to a greater or lesser degree, and it tends to get dimmed in many as they grow older and the shroud of maturity is thrown over it.....