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　　i might not be making it past this one .⁣
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　　this yogurt i found in the break room fridge - it's absolutely amazing ! does anyone know the precise flavor ? i had thought it strawberry , but it doesn't seem to be .⁣
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　　[ He's holding a mostly empty container of Faz Goo . ]⁣
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　　he was just , so ... what's the word i'm missing ?⁣
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　　... portuguese .⁣
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　　oh .⁣
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　　one of the voices in my head was just a bluetooth earbud i had shoved in there by mistake .⁣
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　　... that's disappointing . i liked that ' market pliers ' fellow .⁣
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　　what do you mean " catboy reference "⁣
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　　i feel like a bunch of rocks on the ground .⁣
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　　a specific quantity , though ... what is it ? five pebbles ? that sounds right .⁣
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　　concern is a funny word . such a funny funny word ahehh ⁣
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　　um .⁣
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　　everything is probably okay ?⁣
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　　[ Looking nervously to an empty chair beside him as if someone is in it . ]⁣
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　　we're really in for it now , Peppy Hare .⁣
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　　i have been wanting to see how their innards look ...⁣
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　　but i'll have to check and see if we're allowed to mess with the guest stars . that one was obtained via a backroom dealing , you see ... so it might be off limits .⁣
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　　say no more . see these little ones on this camera ?⁣
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　　pick one and i'll ' arrange a vacation ' for them . then you can take position as their replacement .⁣
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　　let's keep that one locked up .⁣
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　　I think I speak for us all when I say I don’t want soup.
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　　now , now . mad science bears need of precaution at least sometime .⁣ i can't revolutionize the world if i clock out early , yes ?
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　　be still , my beating heart ... ah , eh , tomorrow . so we have the money in case i need a swift visit to a small clinic .⁣
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　　don’t you just love when you ?
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　　well . i don't think i'm a machination . but then ...⁣
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　　[ Getting a concerning look in his eye as he stares at his own two hands . ]⁣
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　　but then , how would i know for sure ? if i had been made to seem as flesh and blood ... would i ever learn the truth ?⁣
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　　oh , i've been slamming the doors on most of them prodigiously . they interrupt my mendo haggling experience .⁣
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　　one of them has learned that i get tokens paid out when i block them , though ! so . things developed thusly .⁣
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　　oh , well , you see , half of it is convincing our machination-made friends to help me earn extra by promising them half . and the other half is being very very good at stealing gold from a sea monster .⁣
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　　surely if i ask the boss will let me ignore the salvage requirements and just take everything all at once ...⁣
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　　i'm not concerned , lassie-loo . after all , you need me to get paid if you want your share , and corpses don't get a bonus !⁣
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　　also , i am beginning to suspect that i am undying .⁣
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　　ah ! is that what that creative string of italian words was all about ... ?⁣
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　　still , only fifty ... maybe my token manipulation attempts have been bankrupting him ...⁣
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　　sometimes, I dream about cheese.
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　　i might have to execute castle doctrine on chipper .⁣
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　　ah , just the clock , see ?⁣
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　　[ Yikes, it's only just 4 AM ... ]⁣
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　　you've no need to while the time away here if you don't want to . the miseries of a fricksecurity guard are one i can bear alone .⁣
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　　and yea didst the Rat Man emerge from the crypt-prison anew . bereft of the recollection of whom he once was , yet , brimming with newfound purpose .⁣
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　　I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.
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　　it's some sort of thing for him , i think he likes the challenge of knowing his games have been gamed out . he seems to appreciate cheating if you do it good enough . so he'll probably fork over the cash .⁣
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　　if not , i know his address !⁣
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　　I mean , there weren't just the four ! Add those other two and that extra one you mustn't forget , it's seven , and ... well , honestly , those three others are basically fringe cases . You could easily call it an even ten , but four seems to be top dollar ...⁣
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