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“Subversive Materials” by Domus Vocis
6th June 2026 • The Voice of Dog • Rob MacWolf and guests
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Nancy is your average widowed vixen. She pays taxes, enjoys her retirement as a former librarian, & rebels against an authoritarian regime.

Today’s story is “Subversive Materials” by Domus Vocis, who spends his free time reading escapist fiction & working the graveyard shift while writing furry fiction. He also recently published a historical romance novella titled “Two Souls of Fangcrest Manor” alongside his co-author Fruitz in 2023. You can also find more stories by Domus Vocis on his Patreon.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

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man,”

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told

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him. “And

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please,

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stay

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out

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of

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mischief.”
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past

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the

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still

answer:

feline

answer:

and

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ventured

answer:

over

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the

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historical

answer:

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answer:

section,

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to

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a

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of

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it

answer:

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answer:

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unblemished

answer:

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answer:

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I

answer:

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to

answer:

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answer:

reading

answer:

during

answer:

long

answer:

hours

answer:

behind

answer:

the

answer:

front

answer:

desk,

answer:

or

answer:

back

answer:

when

answer:

I had

answer:

first

answer:

read

answer:

it

answer:

in

answer:

university,

answer:

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answer:

the

answer:

essence

answer:

of

answer:

the

answer:

epic

answer:

story

answer:

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answer:

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answer:

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answer:

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answer:

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answer:

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answer:

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answer:

didn’t

answer:

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answer:

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answer:

out

answer:

the

answer:

subtle

answer:

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answer:

relationship

answer:

between

answer:

Eugénie

answer:

Danglars

answer:

and

answer:

her ‘best

answer:

friend’,

answer:

Louise

answer:

d'Armilly.
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grabbing

answer:

a

answer:

copy,

answer:

then

answer:

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answer:

to

answer:

return

answer:

to

answer:

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answer:

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answer:

my

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answer:

the

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past

answer:

on

answer:

my

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way

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to

answer:

the

answer:

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answer:

counter.

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answer:

never

answer:

known

answer:

for

answer:

certain,

answer:

but

answer:

I

answer:

suspected

answer:

one

answer:

of

answer:

my

answer:

previous

answer:

next-door

answer:

neighbors

answer:

was

answer:

secretly

answer:

transgender,

answer:

or

answer:

a crossdresser

answer:

at

answer:

the very

answer:

least.

answer:

Isaac

answer:

Stevenson

answer:

appeared

answer:

to

answer:

be

answer:

like

answer:

any

answer:

other

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masculine

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a

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wife,

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two

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played

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on

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he

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said

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a

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friendly

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hello

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to

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me

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we

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spoke

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to

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each

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him

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at

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a

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a

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large

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that

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his

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wife

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never

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wore

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in

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public.
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late

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day,

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before

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the

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politicians

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of

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the

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regime

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officially

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established

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their

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power,

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told

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me

hyena:

that the

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entire

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Stevenson

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family

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packed

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up

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everything

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could

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into

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their

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station

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them

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the

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process while

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lunch

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break

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the

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house.

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that

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Isaac

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told

hyena:

him

hyena:

was

hyena:

that

hyena:

they

hyena:

were

hyena:

fleeing

hyena:

north

hyena:

into

hyena:

Canada.
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moving

hyena:

but

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fleeing.

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was

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the

hyena:

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specific

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wording,

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Robert

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had

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claimed,

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and

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it

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would

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be

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the

hyena:

last

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time

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anybody

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on

hyena:

our

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street

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ever

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heard

hyena:

from

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the

hyena:

Stevenson

hyena:

family

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ever

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again.
     I

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liked

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to

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believe

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they

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made

hyena:

it

hyena:

safely

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across

hyena:

the

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Canadian

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border.

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hyena:

of

hyena:

me

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wondered

hyena:

if,

hyena:

in

hyena:

another

hyena:

life,

hyena:

Robert

hyena:

and

hyena:

Isaac

hyena:

could

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have

hyena:

possibly

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found

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the

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courage

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to

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speak

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openly

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with

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each

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other

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about

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their

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secrets. Or

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maybe

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become

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mentors

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to

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the

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young

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tiger

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encountered.
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ready,

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Lorraine,”

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I

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informed

hyena:

the

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relaxed

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she-badger,

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handing

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her

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my

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picked

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book

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copies. “If

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you

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see

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Arthur or

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Peter,

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do

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tell

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them

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said

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hello.

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thank

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for

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the

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mayor

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to fix

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the

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blasted

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front

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step.”
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got

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Arthur

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to

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thank

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for

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that,”

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Lorraine

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said,

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referring

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to

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one

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of

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her

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coworkers.

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raised

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an

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eyebrow at

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one

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of

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the

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books. “Pride

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and

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you

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check

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this

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out

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three

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times

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already,

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Mrs.

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O’Neal?”
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one

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compares

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to

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Mr.

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Darcy.”

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I

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giggled

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solemnly. “Except

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for

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Robert,

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bless

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his

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soul.”
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Monte

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Cristo?”
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takes

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me

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back

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to

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university,”

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I

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said,

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but

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didn’t

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add, “and

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life

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before

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all

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this.”
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me

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about

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it,”

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Lorraine

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chuckled. “Ever

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since

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the

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Old

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Internet

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went

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offline,

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it’s

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been

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freeing

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to

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read

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the

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classics

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without

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social

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media

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to

hyena:

distract

hyena:

you.”
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caught

hyena:

my

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eye as

hyena:

she

hyena:

finished

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scanning

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Cristo.

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it

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and

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the

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copy

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of

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a

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third

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novel

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was

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discreetly

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placed

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beside

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Lorraine’s

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keyboard.

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I

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easily

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recognized

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it

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as

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being

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one

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of

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the

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library

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Bibles,

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from

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between

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one of

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the

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pages

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like

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a

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bookmark.

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it

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wasn’t

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a

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bookmark.
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a

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minute,

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I

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realized, is

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that

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one

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of

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the…?
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heart

hyena:

nearly

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seized

hyena:

and

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my

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vulpine

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smile

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faltered. Was

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I

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discovered?

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I

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suddenly

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be

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escorted

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into

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an

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hours

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in

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a

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jail

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cell, then

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interrogated

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for

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days

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until

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I

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offered

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up

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names?

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I

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was

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about

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to

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speak

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when

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something

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else

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occurred.
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have

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a

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wonderful

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night

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later,

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okay,

hyena:

Mrs.

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O’Neal?”

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Lorraine

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said.

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Our

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eyes

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met,

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then

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broke

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away

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as

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the

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badger

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glanced

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down

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to the

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library

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Bible

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on

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her

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desk,

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then

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back

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to

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me.

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winked

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so

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quickly,

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I

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wondered

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if

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it

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was

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just

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my

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imagination. “Have

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a

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blessed

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evening.”
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flooded

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my

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veins.

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tail

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uncurled as

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I

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released a

hyena:

long-held

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breath.
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keep

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telling

hyena:

you,

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dear,

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call

hyena:

me

hyena:

Nancy.”

hyena:

I

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chuckled

hyena:

softly

hyena:

as

hyena:

she

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handed

hyena:

me

hyena:

the

hyena:

books.
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then,”

hyena:

she

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answered,

hyena:

waving

hyena:

to

hyena:

me

hyena:

as

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another

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library

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visitor

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stepped

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up

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to

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the

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counter

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to

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set

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down

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a

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stack

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of

hyena:

books. “See

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you

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next

hyena:

time,

hyena:

Nancy.”
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too,

hyena:

sweetie.”

hyena:

I

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turned

hyena:

with a

hyena:

swish of

hyena:

my

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tail. “You

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too…”
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Labrador

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security

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guard

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remained

hyena:

by

hyena:

the

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door.

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didn’t

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follow

hyena:

me or

hyena:

acknowledge

hyena:

my

hyena:

presence.

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I

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scurried

hyena:

out

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of

hyena:

the

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library

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without

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giving

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him

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the

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chance

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to

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consider,

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only

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feeling

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safe

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once

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I

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passed

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by

hyena:

the

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front

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doors.
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out

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into

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the

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scrutinizing

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light

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of

hyena:

the

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sun,

hyena:

I

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glanced

hyena:

down

hyena:

at

hyena:

the

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pair

hyena:

of

hyena:

books in

hyena:

my

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paws

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and

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walked

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out

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towards

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the

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parking

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lot.

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I

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didn’t glimpse

hyena:

up

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at

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the

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top

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of

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the

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flagpole

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though.

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I

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avoided

hyena:

looking

hyena:

at

hyena:

patriotic

hyena:

billboards

hyena:

on the

hyena:

drive

hyena:

back

hyena:

to

hyena:

my

hyena:

house.

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suggested

hyena:

that I ought

hyena:

to

hyena:

invest

hyena:

in

hyena:

the

hyena:

government-sanctioned

hyena:

Internet

hyena:

that

hyena:

would

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replace

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large

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chunks

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of

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the

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old

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one,

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while

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also

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reminding

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me

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to

hyena:

purchase

hyena:

emergency

hyena:

firewood

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in

hyena:

preparation

hyena:

for

hyena:

winter,

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or

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that

hyena:

I

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should

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only

hyena:

travel

hyena:

locally

hyena:

within

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my

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state to

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ration

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gasoline,

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food,

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and

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my

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car

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due

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to

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shortages.

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I

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turned

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off

hyena:

the

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radio

hyena:

when

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it

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started

hyena:

updating

hyena:

me

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about

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the

hyena:

ongoing

hyena:

status

hyena:

of

hyena:

California’s

hyena:

rebellion

hyena:

and

hyena:

clashes

hyena:

with ‘militant

hyena:

protesters’.
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avoided

hyena:

all

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of

hyena:

it.

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I

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chose

hyena:

not

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to

hyena:

be

hyena:

angry

hyena:

about

hyena:

my

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shrinking

hyena:

pension

hyena:

fund,

hyena:

the

hyena:

dying

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power

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grid,

hyena:

or

hyena:

that

hyena:

I

hyena:

could

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no

hyena:

longer

hyena:

go

hyena:

on

hyena:

vacations

hyena:

outside

hyena:

the

hyena:

country.

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Rather, I

hyena:

gripped the steering wheel

hyena:

and focused

hyena:

on

hyena:

getting

hyena:

home

hyena:

to

hyena:

cook

hyena:

myself

hyena:

some

hyena:

dinner,

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then

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read

hyena:

for

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a

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while

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before

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going

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to

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sleep

hyena:

with

hyena:

the

hyena:

knowledge

hyena:

that

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I’d

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likely

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made

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a

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small

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difference.

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I

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thought

hyena:

of

hyena:

the

hyena:

pregnant

hyena:

leopardess

hyena:

and

hyena:

tiger

hyena:

in

hyena:

the

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reference

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section,

hyena:

how

hyena:

scared

hyena:

he

hyena:

looked,

hyena:

and

hyena:

hoped

hyena:

they would

hyena:

both

hyena:

find

hyena:

the

hyena:

strength

hyena:

like

hyena:

I

hyena:

did

hyena:

to

hyena:

keep

hyena:

moving

hyena:

forward.
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would

hyena:

be

hyena:

easy

hyena:

to

hyena:

pretend

hyena:

that

hyena:

I

hyena:

was

hyena:

the

hyena:

only

hyena:

sane

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mammal

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left.

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loneliness

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grew

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ever

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since

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Robert

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left

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me

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a

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widow

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without

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her

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partner-in-crime

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to

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continue

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the

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fight.

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It

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was

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too

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easy

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to

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pretend

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the

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materials

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dropped

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off on

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my

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doorstep

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in

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the

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middle

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of

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the

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night

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magically

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appeared

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from

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thin

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air

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and

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did

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not

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come

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from a

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nameless

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contact

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in one

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of

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countless

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resistance

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cells

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across

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the

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region.
     Maybe

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Lorraine

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can

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join

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me

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in

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the

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future,

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I

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wondered.

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That

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is,

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if

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she

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wishes

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to do

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more

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than

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just

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read

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what

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I

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provide.

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Perhaps

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for

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next

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time.

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It

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would

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certainly

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help

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to

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have

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another

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confidant

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that

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was on

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a

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first name

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basis

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with

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me.

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Not

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to

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mention

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help

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find

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new

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blind

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spots.
     Whenever

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I

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had

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the

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chance,

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I

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sometimes

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read

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the

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illicit

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and

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dangerous

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knowledge

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I

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distributed

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and

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occasionally

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listened to

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underground

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broadcasts

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from

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rebels

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thanks

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to the

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leaflet

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instructions.

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It

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soothed

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me

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to

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know

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that

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others

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existed.

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They

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did

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exist.

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They’d

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continue

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to

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exist,

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no

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matter

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how

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many

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wars

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were

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fought

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and

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dissenters

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vanished without a

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trace.

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People

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like

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me

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still

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existed,

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others

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like

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Robert,

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Isaac,

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the

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leopardess,

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the

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young

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tiger—and

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now

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Lorraine—still

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existed,

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despite

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how

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much

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those

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in

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power

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tried

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flaunting

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their

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might.
     We

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were

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never

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going

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away,

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but

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they

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would

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one

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day,

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however

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long

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it

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took to

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happen.
     As

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I

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pulled

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my

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car

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into

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my

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garage

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door and

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watched

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it

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descend

hyena:

in

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the

hyena:

rearview

hyena:

mirror,

hyena:

my

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tail

hyena:

wagged

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as

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I

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thought

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of

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Monte

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Cristo’s

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ending

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and the

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final

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word

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of

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advice

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that

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Edmond

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Dantès

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gave

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to

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Valentine

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and Morrel

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as

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he

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sailed

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off

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into

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the

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distance.
      “All

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wisdom

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is

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contained

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in

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these

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two

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words—'Wait

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and

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