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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ MOST OF WHICH WERE MECHANICS, OR ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ LOADERS, WITH LARGE AND HAIRY HANDS @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ THAT COULD SWALLOW MY ENTIRE BODY. AND ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ ME FEATURING AS THE CUTE AND ASOCIAL @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ AND THEN ONE NIGHT, THERE'S A MISSILE. ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ WE WOULD ROUTINELY PICK UP NEW CARS AT @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ THE TAIL, AND DROP SOME OFF, AS A WAY ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ OF EARNING SOME EXTRA MONEY. BUT A @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ MANY OTHERS AWAKE, THEY KNOW NOTHING @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ ABOUT IT, AND APPEAR CONCERNED AS WELL. ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ THE FREQUENCY FROM HIS NOTEBOOK, AND ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ PAN-SLAVIC. KARL LAUGHS AND MAKES A ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ REPLY IN THE SAME LANGUAGE. EVEN THOUGH @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ WE BOTH HAVE HEADPHONES I CAN'T FOLLOW ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨¨ AT ALL, BUT I HEAR THE WORD "MISSILE" A @@¨@¨¨@¨¨@
¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ FEW TIMES. ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ I'M ALMOST SNOOZING AGAIN AT THE TIME ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ ME ON MY BACK. "ALLRIGHT BOY. I JUST ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@ AT ME, TEETH FILED SHARP. "WANNA MAKE A ¨@¨@¨@@¨@@
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