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Paul is the character that's indirectly characterized in the passage:
Mitchell didn't say anything, and we sat there in silence looking out over my daddy's land together. After a while, I said, "One day I'll have a place like this."
Mitchell turned toward me. "What you mean, like this'? Figured you'd be here."
"No," I said. "No, I won't be here, not here on my daddy's land. One day I'll have land of my own. I've got to have something all my own."
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