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What? hours.
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I dreams. I awake. thirsty. entered, a a plate.% @: S. o! V( X7 O
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'Morning,' said. 'I breakfast.' up. a cheese.+ H" y. {3 I: Y6 E
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'I'm a bath,' Sophy. 'Apart else, smell, there's that. Also, I one.' ate.0 r1 n( P3 q3 b2 v* U: k
5 b+ }! h6 ?4 o/ J'How you,' said. whole. rested. happened, I it.
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'You sleep,' said. nodded.
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0 n) U: i8 ^* t% q# k3 ?'I hadn't a while.' a shrugged.
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'This a while, Freya,' said. 'You've part. happened. mostly, just, yourself.' myself? I a warrior. I harm. nature.! x) E% y4 p2 l& l
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'Listen,' said, 'while sleeping, I a things. a worm, you. So, means, a cheer, don't a this.' honey. sustaining.+ T4 ~6 @& D" w
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: w! A; m& A: N- F* n3 {: m'I'm serious,' said, forward. 'We iron, you're not. I you're today, weren't you're iron, downstairs, I you'd now.'9 f( h* r: h2 p! f- t
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'Speaking which,' said, 'what's with... him?'
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Cook. too. out.
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0 y; c. f# F( b' X/ ?3 t'I'm him,' said. 'Get it. miles?' nodded.
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9 p2 _3 z% z9 G7 c2 s! T8 u'That's something,' said. 'I that.' I that, thought." U5 b2 T- g! ^, o# n! j
) e5 X' J/ z* X; UBut, also. ago. inn. I me. flinch, stayed, back. I leave. bread.
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' me,
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' quietly. a weakness. smiling.
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9 [- b* V- j+ J* W, O'It's so,' said. 'Maybe that, time.' eyes.1 t4 _3 {$ n/ P7 E: U r8 B
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'Oh, another,' scoffed.3 b$ a( N* b n
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5 P1 A x" F( E; I* f! D'All right,' said, hands. 'One a time. you've breakfast, a bath. bathroom's there.' door. nodded./ a4 q+ c" m( f8 _) \
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'I'm duckling,' said, out.
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8 |4 }9 f0 z: V*** later, Sophy's chambers, belt, robe. neck. her. a time, surface, up, a breath.( E) C1 p1 M) q9 E2 _9 n7 a: `
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( ]& [1 X1 d0 l' B* z9 \/ P8 OA a stew, a a you'd grave. fallen, a eyes, ever, a warm. again. waking, eggs. Aelfrethe, wasn't bad.
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Footsteps. up. Sophy. down.. g7 @" I$ e( ]: P4 K/ S
4 o0 ^1 R& F$ y+ ]9 |'All right, squireboy,' said, 'let's talk.'
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: G' G3 G' H7 ]0 E9 [7 [' ?$ i4 l*** a a parchments. a desk, cups. city. it. Memika's smell. tea, a desk, it, seat, a thing, front, Five, direction. cool, nervous.3 t0 [. u' u! ?; _# }2 N" z
* Q( w, |' G' R$ _* u7 F; D) k'What's again? Seven? Eleven? Thirteen?'
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'Five.'7 D- S3 w- s5 u+ y4 f' q. ?
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1 |% X+ G; b3 D- m: g% H'I a your... chief, there, yesterday,' said. 'A talk.') K% X5 W$ y# Q/ K2 d! V
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'A talk?'
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! G* m" A: y/ ^* M$ K- E1 V$ [* r'Yes.'4 j6 b) z, a* u0 {
6 ?' \. @) J4 _'I mean, don't talking, her.'$ s- E( R+ X! D2 T
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'I know. I her. that, me.'
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'No. I mean, she's generally, her.'/ D3 t0 V( K; w) i2 A
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7 a0 g4 w9 k6 l" G K; \'Peace, kid,' said. 'I I'm doing, I'm her. It's nice, truth. uncomfortable. I mean?' her. you.... U8 I1 T. N$ \4 {4 C
2 k1 q& T C- Y2 |2 l `1 n'Okay,' said, easily. 'Let's now. I do, me, words, can,5 B4 C4 A/ p& ^; m/ J, V6 Z
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'All right,' said. 'Where from.' thought.. _+ ^: h& W( f0 M. l: j
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'All right,' said. 'Well, I Snorri's squire, I kitchen, I'd duty.'3 O: V, ]; a6 F- t$ C3 w* H. u0 X
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) m& A1 W# ?( @1 [% @# n4 B" h'I mean,' said, 'was right.'& R+ f% l" `3 H" X3 D* C# y7 X+ ~% ?
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'Why didn't anything? didn't we? shit. worst, I've done.' nothing. a moment, Five's sobs. together.1 w3 r% @; X d' g" r2 Q# `+ G5 |
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'I'm a soldier,' said. 'Anyone that. I cook. I clean. I walk, I've out. I'm soft, I can't a shit. I her. her. didn't.'
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( j x) i! A( j$ j, Z'Hey,' softly. her.
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/ }, ]9 Z# ]( N( S- ?( T'You didn't nothing,' said. 'You there.' shrugged.
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4 d4 b- i- _( H" H' l'Why,' said. puzzled.
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' } H' M( Q2 j3 m' f'Why what?'
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'Why'd out? away, seems. didn't too?' puzzled.
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, j8 K6 y3 A7 K, y; R# q5 s'But, I mean,' said, 'she alone. Couldn't there.'- K7 R0 g* L0 L, X
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'That's I'm saying,' said, forward. 'All guys, leaders, soldiers, there. up, didn't them.'+ P% w# Z0 A; ~4 y0 ]! h, Z2 V) q
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'I mean,' quietly, 'I dunno. But... I her, I over, I dead, I buried. then, I weren't, I I her. also...' think, angry. her.# u A9 Q0 E" E4 n- U5 \! h
, A- u; h1 J7 `0 j+ e; v'They too,' said.
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/ D2 Q5 |+ S$ j4 t; y7 Y3 X" hInteresting, thought.
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'So a little, you, I'm that.'
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. g/ h5 W( U A4 N'Maybe a that,' stoically.
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'If so,' said, 'it a thought. I life.'
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'All right,' said. 'Heed now.' hands. upright. gaze.
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0 r0 z2 L" z6 N* B5 l'But I you, now, her, can.' nodded.
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, _! L6 E& R e6 B, \'She chief, grievously. I you, people, you, blah, here, forget, I honest, don't themselves.
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'No,' said. 'I don't anything.'5 \3 p3 i4 y# G( B0 x9 T1 A5 @
4 g" i# R. G% b% { F4 Y" V7 D0 Z" V'You're right,' said, warmth, 'and that's you're job. So. it?'
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'Yes, ma'am,' Five.
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" \, l+ C+ t6 L# y* E v1 c# DMemika, 15th dears,% n, Z* d" x1 |. A+ {" P- [9 R
! k9 b: w8 A' p5 _& tI well. I hospitality, sponsor. a me. I informed. I of. mayor. so, win, a Memika. fortune, intentions, history. remember, year, appointments, endings, leavetakings. hospitality, minds! sisterhood, eternally.' O% k0 i5 ]& r: ]( l+ S$ q- H
& @2 J2 \3 j1 B" H9 \Sophy's anguished, desperadus! Happily, proprietorship. Accordingly, note. philosophical reflections. I you. soon., ], G7 ]+ l, _0 i
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0 [# K1 F" x' T' N* |* b; v7 f*** 2: Memika. Ragasz. sea, refreshing, Ragasz, road. cart, driver, a prude. a sheet, forehead, fascicle.
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2 v! L# ^- |+ L! |9 f# f8 F*** [Cormac wrote], one, at. Sveikas, handsome, dancer. Titas. a clown, Avleen. energetic, a a minute.- i0 o+ s5 f" `, B9 J$ }1 B$ k
4 X, }+ H9 i- X* mWe'd kids, course, Dohy'd gibberish. Fool, nonsense, onstage. wasn't with, a a a one, do. question, I concerned, was: do?, d. a; c$ |1 T. G4 b: ?$ c. B
q9 _$ f% e* K1 F$ ?, o- Q9 ZI wasn't lithe, air, was. I wasn't imposing, was. I wasn't nothing, could. I wasn't beautiful, twins. I didn't a talent, did. one, roles, me. by, I wasn't I do. do, bodies, a have. perfection. people, shoulders, jump, people. bodies, nerves, do. shoulders, you'd them. else's hands. else's you. this, included. us, at, I didn't to. *I* do. so, by, I didn't I for.
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I wasn't a anymore. was, I wasn't a neither.
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'Here,' said. 'Tecknor.'
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'What it.'
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'Why grumpy.'
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'I'm not,' I said, annoyed.
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'Well, now,' said.
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'I now, I'm grumpy.'
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'I that'd work,' said.
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'Bugger off,' I said. 'I'm busy. Don't do?') f3 Z. o5 c' I5 P! H9 ?! v3 M
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'I've 'em,' said. 'Is 'cause you're harness?'
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4 H2 B r- z2 U/ m5 h'It's fine,' I said. 'I'm I'll it.'. W+ a R: ~9 A. r
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'Whatever I'm at.'
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'It's look,' said, a expression.
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'That's helpful, Avleen. It's you, you're at.'# k7 W$ P$ N% L! Y
[/ d4 u: d# ?4 u6 _- i' o( w'I 'cause me,' said, stalk. 'You did. weren't you, I'd feelin' myself. I know, me, I'm Hoppin' Crone, Crow, Wailer, Oracle.'$ H5 b# B, u6 }$ v9 ^) o, k
! L1 D" G2 |7 M& C* p; R'They're roles,' I said. crookedly.
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9 N) v* X+ u6 b# i! Y; F4 y'Yeah,' said. 'Peachy. It's audience.'
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'Come on,' I said, 'you'll that. everything.'0 p/ k, ]! ?+ k7 V: Y
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'Eh,' said, frowning. 'I'm are. I'm a
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! Q# R0 k2 G# s' e" x5 d& r+ N'Bugger off,' I said. 'It's "Oh I'm beauty, I'm nothing." hoo, know?'
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I rack. smirked.2 k) h5 c6 U+ g* J. ^
* B* P% t7 f& x* N, S% Y'You a me,' drawled. 'Maybe understudy.'1 k& F3 I. n5 ?
1 s4 l% _$ i9 j: K7 N& h'Up arse,' I said, irritated. momentarily. M9 O9 t7 Y4 z" S
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'Give a break, Tecknor,' said. 'You've goin' think.' a apple.0 f3 W7 u- x$ a3 O; N
( e* t, M ^; J K( V1 m'Who do,' absently.
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'What? I don't anyone.': n6 d) z' x; h7 u% J
. j, ?; A9 h: [4 ~/ P! ['If me, else,' said. 'Do Ilkaya.'& ]7 \* f$ ]7 ^* o6 i. i# p- I
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. G' ~: u- n& u# j5 |'Go on,' said. 'Do Ilkaya.'/ ]" ^( Y* |9 @ b8 \+ J( o
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I a moment, down, chest, her.
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'"Do nothing,"' I Ilkaya's cold, voice. '"You learn, know."' surprised, grinned.
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% C! `/ t* s0 F+ ?* {'That's bad,' said.2 ?- a# X2 u0 }' ~; G: A
+ @. s% S8 _& W+ ~'All well,' I said. 'I can't people.'
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8 x5 W% x0 s' Q0 f'Nah, nah, nah,' said, head. 'Don't that. They're impressions.'
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'What they, then?' a moment, it, hadn't before.. Z% Z( Z. i5 B# S8 w8 I9 \1 i
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'The I carryin' for,' said, ground. chin.
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'Nah,' said, me. 'You've something. do. it.': v& m6 g: ?& O8 ^, ?0 ~. \. Q
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'All right,' I said, a mystified.6 S# X+ _3 G3 U( V! E
, c+ \ e3 h: O8 x) c% ]& k'I'll you,' said, 'if you'll me.'
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'Yeah,' I said. 'Of course.' bemusement, else's.
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4 x7 M1 R1 L2 o5 e/ z6 r% x" t'Dja who's me,' muttered, ''cause I'm dyin' a ride.'
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I not, first, Avleen's me. a Chariot, do, eyes: a clown. I I offer. problem, always, Ilkaya. her. her. distant, insulting, her. hand, point, friends. skill, couldn't a a *tamasha* again. hadn't head, she'd head, her, her, her, wasn't did. a teacher. up.
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***Â a Post, show, up, others. afterwards. a
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'Are here,' said.
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7 [" J. x; i3 \* i'Ilkaya,' said, 'do here. We're dogs.'
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'This is,' said. 'Some perform, real, not. I a Chariot.' a field. a a shovel.
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'If sick,' said, 'or loose...' paused, a a moment. waited.& K. [$ o; J) Z$ s5 r
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? were? us.
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A7 E, D! Y7 b8 V'Go hole, a it,' said. 'This spreading. you, it, it, it.'
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'We are,' said.: I2 M1 _0 D) P
8 g/ A; I5 E1 H# n9 p5 }& P'Well,' said, 'I hole. I I do.' I a forehead.( R6 L- `6 [7 a, z- r0 m4 y
6 C: x$ r( D! N'In fact,' added, 'it I a time, a ago.' us, time, I her.
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'So,' said, 'there hole. gods. do. attend, can. clear?'8 I: l$ L+ v9 [
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% ^$ w% e2 S: K1 }) q'Good,' said. 'Shall on?' on, distress, a couldn't it. her. continued. again. him. usual, a feet. wasn't hole. time, though, didn't it, shirt. breath, 'All right, cease.' him.0 F C% T5 q6 B
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'Dawvy Eeskra,' said, 'you learn. up.' a bit, I he'd well.
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'I'm right,' mumbled. 'I going.'1 o2 o1 O5 F9 I5 I5 z. A
$ @$ V: x% s: Y'You cannot,' said. 'You rest, water.'
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1 A# u9 ]5 V) @+ \7 z) m'Dawvy,' sharply, 'I you, yourself. learn. up?' feet, help, shoulders. stank. swallowed, I effort.
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'I up,' said, 'and I healer. pass, Dawvy. part. better, soon. I promise. drink.' nodded. all.! m$ k$ t& d5 r+ w8 |: j& [
+ F; D- o; s' m- N'All right,' said. 'The continue. Deeny.'
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'Yes, Ilkaya,' Shvaun.! p$ m4 H% S$ N. ?% H( E" \. Z
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'You others.' blinked. B( @% H) g9 f
2 V, x4 x6 a1 W'Yes, Ilkaya.'$ _1 k) \7 |" c2 n0 H: P! {
" G- N% z2 v) w! {'Attend her,' us, sharply. 'She anyone.'% ]- `- T s# d5 y
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: `7 l; d3 d7 [2 ]9 M+ F2 a(If I hadn't shit, then, you'd it. ) us, away, up. go. us. pale, I I, too, felt, a driver.
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! d* y8 g6 L! y- g# N6 T, G'Alright, bitches,' quietly. 'Shall this?' class.9 P) j5 t& ^( a% G* H1 t8 M9 M
8 e- `& z7 I3 \5 ^6 z" D8 C***Â passed, we'd back, a different. a us.. R2 r! p6 M6 H* ]. M
9 x Z! h: A5 r% g) {. SBut, well, a (me), a a she's a (Shvaun), a daddy's (Hanna), or, I directly, you're here, n5 E- }7 o5 M& |% ]: W0 E. c, n8 e
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I I at, though. I Avleen's I people. a boy, I parents, a 'city pig', I in. I spoke, a I myself. I didn't I anywhere. I village, I up, Terrasse, I'd born. hadn't a me. I people, were, spoke. I practising. easy. everyone, enough. easy: a to. I people, I've end't now. I others. a skill. Fire. meantime, I harness.
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And, one, a Fire. me.
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4 L* z; x( h5 c' l***Â a ready, Director. her. ceremony: harness, a night. day, a who'd it, weren't. it. it. it. it, it, she'd become, together. ever, a smile. left. along. I I didn't do. didn't I dance, I lines, I clown, theirs.2 v: F1 T( Z8 X# t4 w% o- q
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I dancer. I a voice. I I do. I done. But, Hanna, I couldn't there. Avleen, I couldn't
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funny. when, (for me) class, spoke.2 `. {/ t/ T/ y" _& v" o0 G3 A) i
' @- H# n' {6 R* |' B'Cormac Tecknor. I you.'
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6 E, x- P0 O3 s1 X$ S" M$ M, c'You not. I him.' entrance. wasn't a request, a command. a
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, sympathetically. I Chariot. I out. left, a tent. one. I other.
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'So,' said, 'we weeks, now, you.'2 z$ A, O6 e P$ ~. b
9 P" V+ g8 m# [ t'I know.' moments. I I quit. I a to, again." |- I' T0 A P$ s: u0 Z( b H
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'This me,' said, 'because so, a teacher.'" \; Y5 ]% s* K8 q+ F) m% V# v
; X u' Y7 X0 x'No it's not,' I said. 'It's me. I don't it.'0 G! N q- e" q6 Z2 r% Q& j
A! E7 x' o9 e# L'But class,' said. 'You place. you. I I saw. do, doing?'
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'No,' I said. 'I don't me.'5 J& X7 C: x( U/ R! c+ e
& f! @* P/ O, M; r! b; {'Yet us,' said. 'That director. something. wrong?'0 y* g, {3 @7 E2 o. l$ D
5 }" {& i+ X' B9 J! ~'I don't wrong,' I said, miserable, 'but I can't saw. it's me.' frowned.- F& z' U6 @; I ]
G# [# e/ _8 Q3 }7 k$ ]'Do a prank.'
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* v9 I; F9 z: u+ ]; p6 X3 S'No,' I said, calm, dispassionate, feeling, I right: wasn't joke, I, x* M7 {( e6 \" A+ B5 Y
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4 p, X+ A2 B5 i ?; |I friends, nowhere, I couldn't Chariot.
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'Cormac, weeping?'. F8 x0 Z0 }, B6 O1 Z
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I her. a away.* G5 f" \ k" _1 C5 {4 r% B' y4 s# p
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'I'm, just,' I mumbled. 'I... doesn't matter. I don't fire. I it, it'd now. I don't it. I can't Chariot.' a moment. frowned, a a me.
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'Let a walk,' said, up.0 U6 h+ D8 g6 f/ f
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'What I now,' said.
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'Um. I me, that...'
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'No,' said, a finger. 'No, no.' paused.9 v- Y8 G: U! y1 I
: L3 ?% k- w9 B. a& I; p'Do me,' said, me.
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'What?'
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'Say I it.'
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'"Cormac,"' I said, light, voice, '"it you. all, err. erred, own. way, you, us."'
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. f* F2 Z2 {7 K B0 A7 S! II her. wasn't me. listening. a face.
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'Now leaving,' said.
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1 s+ Z' p5 f9 B( j: dI bidding, I thought: well, it.
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: a' }4 c W' H'"Huh,"' I said. '"Typical fuckin' Boy. Can't a goodbye. go. Well, it, then. a it. Feckin' eejit. Still. mind."' slowly.
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8 @' U$ K: ?; Y+ U- ]+ \. G'Now Deeny,'' said.1 s. Q/ S8 @3 W/ `# [. }4 f3 N% t, W
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I her, again. I do. I Shvaun, myself, I thought, hoped, say.
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'"I go,"' I said, voice. '"But I here."' oddly. square, a inn, a girl.; U9 p7 B2 }: b4 ^% C
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I mind. I guy. lordly, ladies' man. smiling, girls: it.2 W- t4 z" J: {/ @3 x
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I town. I that.
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'"So,"' I said, '"I've elsewhere, lately, and, uh, I opportunities coming. I I happy, you're a favours."'
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'And what's saying,' murmured.5 a+ S- A- w: W
0 V" H' m, f: |/ {! i; }'"You're I'm interested,"' I said, '"but I a won't a wife, I'll ya."' I embarrassed. a moment, apple. it, swallowed.
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'What Chariot,' said. strange. I thinking. place, a me, himself." |5 H6 ~8 L+ V0 |
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'"Well, later,"' I said, ears. '"I'm a herbalist's country. I Chariot. I don't Fire. I don't fuckin' *is*. a day, I hands, I don't all."' out, I I'd something. I Ilkaya. a appalled.
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'Hm,' said.
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'What?'
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'Well, rest, you.'
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'You else,' said, up.
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I too. head, village.0 P+ X$ d) b& {) V
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'What is... ways, Fire. itself, body.
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'Right.' me, I didn't it. I about. I friends.. `( H1 w( n9 b9 i5 h
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'What have,' said, 'is Chariot, chosen. again, Legion.'
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/ N! I! W& f) x! ?9 X'I you,' said, 'but I insulting.'4 q# I; F5 C" l& f Y; Q" u1 w
! j; G) ?: x) y/ J& O* m9 ]+ ~'Maybe, is.'' a" I/ U; ]1 j
, d* _: B" t( c4 U( u! Y'Very well.' paused, hips, a moment, me.* {0 X" A4 i, X) s) f- w
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'Cormac,' said, 'the that, yourself, particular. want.'
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'I others, walk,' said. 'And... I9 j5 N6 s+ q% @% m/ N) }. t
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. can.' a specialness.3 h0 @) \, b3 y5 D5 k
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'Wow. So, it's rare, then?'
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'Actually, no,' said, smiling. come.
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+ q [3 s) G' `1 ^; ]( G'Everyone us, here, a it,' said. 'It life. play, on. others. I do.' folk, business, helplessly.3 N' `: S* P1 ~# |
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'It credit,' said, I'd her. a failure.5 k6 x/ t5 z ?8 n& S3 G4 |, E+ x
. I, l9 c; s4 t% }6 p, F( R' I. c o'I aim. gods. I it. I else, it.' me.
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'But you. folk, Chariot. a divinity, one's fire. nobody, own, others.'
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q- R9 R/ J, u3 M+ @5 i9 b* s. s'Hey,' I said, annoyed. 'I friends. I people.'( }0 I, g8 H% b
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'Yes, I know,' said. 'You you, you, loveable. know, not, them, a copy? Fire, not. alone, Legion.'
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5 m( w5 d$ _( shand, intently.( X, A/ s- H' s9 G0 `
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8 W8 X8 p( M k! N- T2 {5 p* I'But easily, easily. you, that. Because, one's it, Chariot.' thump. me, saying.
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'So, wait,' I said, dry. 'Does I'm...' shoulders. he'd before.
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'It I offer, I a I, least, you. I you, Cormac: Harness? will, a you. it, leave.'! ^: m1 z) P( B: \
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3 k, j8 }% B7 o( P) r2 p'Yes,' I said. 'Yes, please, Ilkaya. I work.'
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' N9 z1 ?" f9 u'I will,' said. 'But I you. things, you.'
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'Doesn't matter. I'll it.'
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'I it,' said, wasn't smiling, I me, herself, too, I had.% D! l# Y# V. G& L+ N* h* e9 o7 j
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'Then,' said, 'I Harness.'
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# ]3 X- ?. @4 @$ z! A# jI nodded. back.+ ^% ?$ T. b- V9 ~' q$ V! [
8 E y0 e* D+ Y9 D( T- O'And I do,' said, 'I you, I you.' I anything, lips. away, a breath, slightly. I dizzy.
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'It harness,' said. 'You that. back?' in. dazed, I hers. turned, came.
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'As moment,' on, a conversational voice, 'and Harness, Ilkaya. Stirk. I Regesne, Hargest.'
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'Why I mind? Chariot's strong, isn't it?'
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'Yes,' said. 'For now.'! t& p3 z" ^5 o+ O6 @+ l7 S
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I didn't Ilkaya, Tova, that. e; `# S$ M# [# `
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'Um, Stirk.', l2 S9 J- d* l. O
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'Call Tova.'! ?! G% h) X7 N, M, N2 d2 q6 E
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'What it, Cormac.'
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'D'you something?'
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'I anything. I secrets.'
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! y+ |* v" T1 T'Well, I was.' nodded.4 t( p/ U/ R+ m0 p
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'It's fine,' said. 'Ask away.'
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+ I+ X6 o3 d" j+ l'"Antfucker",' said, I laughed, smiled.+ n6 ?: L" b4 g' p
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*** night, tent. a night. Director's table, folk, a women, other. a a me, I weren't. Shepard, a Karpen, Drid, Makange, a Chariot's accountant, a dancers: Naidoo, Zhao, Yang, Zvayis, Sargento.1 F+ |1 s+ N3 d3 z3 m' t
: p; u+ E& g* Z/ `0 U. j(It's night. know. )
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'What's celebration,' said.- y) o. |* ]4 H
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'Cormac harness,' proudly. me, surprised. I around." r; r( \2 r* D! j3 s, A& d% q: e
, r! W V# W4 z: z4 h'You it?' said.( T: u4 V* i+ N9 e0 V, ]6 y4 P3 ^7 d# C
. p/ ]! A( \, n'Well, a while,' I said.
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'But it,' said, beaming. 'That's wonderful, lad. I different. Here.' me. I his, mine. proud. Ella, Liang, vests, over, Ella, honey, forehead.
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'I luck,' said.$ F6 _& J1 P5 v+ F
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'Really?' I said, I I'd others, who'd me'd they'd a I was.* H- E1 h4 s: N8 R8 ?
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'Aw,' Guang, a eyes. 'What a boy.' mortification lips.
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I a I up, lips, forehead, nose, girls, blush.+ }$ ~# a# B8 X1 `! p4 @
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'I didn't a thing,' I I beer. usual, bitter.
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'Taking hurdle,' said. 'More audition. a nobody. It's fall.'0 b- i, j$ F, E: | U& ]
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'But it, though,' I said. paused, laughed, over.1 ^/ |" p! ?1 `
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didn't,' said, me. 'Why I'm animals? I couldn't it, Cormac, see? them.'
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) {2 a6 U9 f/ `. c1 `, R'Yeah,' I said, 'but... I did, Chariot.'
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'Some ways,' said. 'We can't wonderful.' day, day, after.; V- |* ]* i0 V2 a. O( a3 B# ]
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*** a night, weren't morning, perform, a usual. a while, a me, I a piss, I tent.
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I again, I sky. a bit, I was, beer. I Compass, Harp, Crucible, I dad's stars. there, I thought, Otherworld. isn't.
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! F6 L& I. D% C% S'So are,' a voice. 'Done back, last.'
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6 d% {( `& O3 G, @" e. P% x'Sorry,' I said. 'I a while.'
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'I you'd it,' said.
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'There's saying. know. I easy. way. That's... good.'3 p, u% Q1 Q6 l/ S$ M
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'I dunno,' I said, 'do we're it?'
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# R& h( |3 ~2 \& }5 X/ A'I dunno,' said. ground, me.
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- b" |" s' N5 h5 N1 U'I don't it,' I said.
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'That's point, twat,' said. 'This beginning. a me.' arm, camp.8 @2 w; O- X% H# g: {: C
! e4 f" A2 ^$ @" h. ]. b" P'All right, Tecknor,' dark, grass, 'look, before, I didn't you'd here. I knew, day, tomorrow. I I it, I didn't you.' me.% H; v- ]& X8 |% B% H% v' i+ d$ i
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'I a that,' I said, hurt, much, doubt.
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8 k1 J5 z8 f) N9 E3 J# E$ p# k'You're smart,' said, grass. 'I me. I've much, I I've it,
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they've a more.' a tent., H3 g' [2 k* R) X; V
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'You could've worried,' I said.1 A+ `! h4 A& F5 g/ P2 ^; b
/ O5 _- Q! m+ |'And would've better?' disbelief. 'No chance. You'd more.'
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'Suppose I have,' I said.
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'Course have,' said. 'Cause you're a twat.'9 |$ b) b9 r6 R/ b( f
4 ~- E) i) T- T; h'Shvaun Deeny, gentlemen,' I said. 'Friend, encourager, companions.'
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'Look, I don't know,' exclaimed. 'I'm too. I don't teach. I dance.'
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'What,' said.1 @* C2 o7 ^! w, n
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' _; b) b- w; Y5 m8 D1 K'What's matter, Tecknor,' quietly. 'Come2 t' V" e+ T; e* q. O0 v3 [+ ^: L2 O
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, on, boy. do? What's not? We're way. you're something...'- v" N: T" P& e2 U# `
7 w5 w8 _5 r$ b. A+ k'So them,' I said.9 y# e" _: t6 E# b/ Y* H. b7 O
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'Maybe I I don't,' said, 'but I a I one.'' o" D5 {; C- X% ?- i" H9 ?1 N
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k4 q9 H( h E+ u0 l- ['I stupid,' I said. 'Did stupid?'
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! Q& {# U/ K% Z6 K7 p% w6 b ?'Yeah,' said. 'Little bit.'
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'So it's me, then,' I said.
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0 Q; I1 g. w% T0 O% Z3 J'No,' said. 'But me, I meant. everyone.
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' N% z' s+ E9 n, T! x( }'Now I know,' said. 'I mean, a dance...' face, and, I mean, I couldn't no.
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'I'm sorry,' I said, 'I I've a shit.'
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0 C6 `2 k- b4 K. V! h'More a bit,' said. 'But you've good.'
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I sagely, a a drunk. I blinked, closer. face, fact.
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& A3 u3 i7 _' R+ o T/ i8 K'I'll thing, though,' said, ear, urgent.
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5 R5 \( E7 e0 w* I2 j2 o7 e( g# W'What's that.'- i2 d1 ?& P5 l; D9 N
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'I luck,' muttered, me.
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I Shvaun's waist, me, mine. mine, me, a time.
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(I wasn't 'lost'. I I was. ) starlight.
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9 s" W* {4 C6 |$ h3 d'So, I'm right,' I said, 'it's me?'
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7 {9 N+ p4 [! o4 t2 W'Yes,' said.
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& K" b# o2 U9 Y8 D2 j' n5 W'Yes, is, isn't it,' said, kiss. case, things. I, secure, other, you, Kelly.
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