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<h3>I recommend for the Philippines to have an other way to solve the traffic problems.</h3>
I believe that flashbacks could be used to slow the pace of a story. If you are telling one story, and then decide to introduce a flashback, that would only slow down the story you are already telling.
The boy influences the crystal merchant by following his or her dreams the boy is even teaching him andalusia and sheperding, notice how he also tells the merchant take a chance and seize the opportunity.