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What's the problem with the loose

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key? Finding

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what lock it goes to? Not

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the cell door? I guess that would have been

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too easy, And

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I suppose I would have needed two of them,

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TV room, art room,

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weight room, library

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and what's behind door number three?

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Nothing for me? How

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about here?

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Nope?

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Here, nope? This

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one, this one,

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nope, nope,

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nope, damn it. I fire

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to try it. And here

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this seems hopeless. Wait,

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which one of these was? Frips uh

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lounge?

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Hey buddy, Sorry, I

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haven't seen the old timers here in a while.

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We all have a fallen out.

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They're around, you

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know.

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I started working up in the machine

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shop.

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Was that before or f

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the explosion?

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M hmm, listen, Frip. When

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Cavalt collected all those keys,

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did he ever find one that looked like this?

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It's under your hand.

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I don't want them to confiscate it. Can I pass it to you?

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No? I saw it put it

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away.

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Did you recognize the shape.

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It looks more like a Swiss army knife.

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Any idea where it would go?

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Where'd you find it?

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I made it?

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Then I guess it wouldn't unlock anything.

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You know.

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I don't get you. One minute

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it seems like you want to help me, the next you

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totally blow me off. What is your angle?

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No angle except except

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what I

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don't want to see you get hurt?

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Why would I be hurt.

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By getting your hopes up?

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Stupid worthless hunk chuck?

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That's initial?

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Yeah, I heard it too, Resident.

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Rodriguez, my

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name, Sorry, I was sleeping.

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Come on, let's go go? Why m

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hmm, because I said so?

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Where are you taking me this time?

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Spitz?

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Why do you always think I'm gonna understand you?

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No?

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Not in them?

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Look about robots?

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Okay, once more? Where are

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would you shut up and walk? We're gonna be late?

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Like for what?

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Whoa?

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Who are they all talking to?

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Huh?

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Visitors?

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People in the band get visitors? How does

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that even make any I sure

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you not? Twenty?

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Is that when you put there? I need you to

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do something for Galina.

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I don't know how y'all from me, but

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but but you know shaky pete. Okay, fine,

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you on unless I'm I'm

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out. You understand,

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get me out.

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You need to call the government you haven't

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ready, Darling. It reminded

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me of you. Oh peepes, we will

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start a club.

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Kelly leads count together one

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billion, one one

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billion in two.

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Sit.

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Okay

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now what wait? Okay,

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it's a visitor, isn't it. I'm waiting for a visitor?

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Well who is it? Is it my mom and dad,

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the governor with a pardon or

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is it the whole most of this horrible fucking

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prank show.

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I'm on.

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One, Alexander Talbot?

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Who

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who would be coming to visit me? Or

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maybe they're here for Rodriguez? Also?

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Is that bowl of fruit real?

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Looks like an apple? Smells

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like an apple? How

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about this wall to wall snow white mirror?

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Mirror my dead ass face

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in four K and more

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baggage and lax, gotta

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brush my teeth the more no

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cameras. Wait

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a minute, have I ever seen a camera

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here? Oh

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my god, that's fucking delicious. That's

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not just a mirror.

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Is it?

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Yes?

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This will do just fine, Thank you, Lieutenant Cristalio

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of Lieutenant Sechs And

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hello, my dear siary, have

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you been holding up step

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away? Not to worry,

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lieutenants, I'll be fine with her. We

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have history. Uh,

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keep your distance, you

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know, I'm not versed in the Heimlich, but

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if you do, it's all that

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as American as that.

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What more could you possibly want from

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me? Why would you even show up

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after what you did?

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I hardly did it alone. We

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all take our orders from something.

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You have anything, siary.

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I'm surprised. Why the last

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time we.

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Talked, or was that before or after you drugged

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me?

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Well after when you threw.

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Me in a van, dragged me to this healthscape

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and threw away the key.

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I meant the last time

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when we had such a pleasant conversation about puzzles

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from ancient texts.

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No, we did it.

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Don't tell me you've forgotten, miss Rotriquez.

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Oh oh,

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I know, it's it's coming back

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to me now.

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Good. Shall we pick up when we left off

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last time? Well,

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I you know, maybe we could actually

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Why didn't I take it from the beginning?

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Yeah, yeah, it's been it's been kind of

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hectic lately, so I could use

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a refresher.

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And, by the looks of it,

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some refreshment. Why

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don't you go ahead and finish your apple?

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Are you sure?

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Always just don't choke. Wonderful

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now shall we? Let's yep,

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last time I told you about my friend

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Miguel, Monguel,

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Miguel de la Crouze.

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Ah, yeah, Moguel de la

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de la Cruz.

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Of course, Miguel just

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loves riddles, and I think I almost

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had you stumped with the last one.

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Yeah, almost, What was it?

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Ah?

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Yes, I have seas without water,

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coasts without sand, towns without

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people, and mountains without land. What

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am I?

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I am?

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Can Europe?

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I have seas without water, coasts without

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sand, towns without people, and mountains

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without land.

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What am I? You

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do?

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Remember?

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Yes?

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Of course, it's just it's

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been a while and other things have come into.

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The of course. Of

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course, your caseworker seems

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rather pleased with your progress.

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You spoke to aiden affirmative

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and he helped clear this additional

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meeting because he thinks you're progressing, progressing,

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But what is progress really but

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having the tools to succeed and to move

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forward in the.

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Hmm. I'm not sure how much

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time we've left in our session, so perhaps we can circle

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back to Miguel de la cuf Okay,

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remember how I told you about Saint Monica.

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St.

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Monica, The very namesake of that beach

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oasis on the coast of Los Angeles,

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Santa Monica. Have

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you heard of it?

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Yes, of course I know Santa Monica, the peer,

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the Ferris Wheel, muscle freakin Beach.

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Come on, do I know Santa Monica?

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Hm?

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Yes, Well, Monica,

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the patron Saint of Mothers, had a son,

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obviously, Saint Augustine, though

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neither or he were saints. When he

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was growing up, he was a capricious

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lad, perhaps owing to the fact that his father

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was an infamous adulterer and not the best

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role model. So Oggie clashed with his

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mum rather frequently, rather

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frequently.

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I'm sorry, I'm trying to keep.

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We need to focus, Miss Rodriguez,

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my.

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Mistake.

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Please continue gratefully.

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So one day Monica and

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Oggie have a massive fight.

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Things are said, probably not unlike kids

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rebelling today, But instead of you're

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grounded and no Telly for the rest of the

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week, it was more, how could you

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convert to Manicheism? You're a traitor to

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our family, You're no longer welcome in our

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home.

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What's Manicheism?

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A dead religion founded in the third century

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by the Parthenian prophet What today

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we would call a branch of gnosticism

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based in duality. It offered salvation through

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special knowledge of radical truths, with the

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subtext of this world is evil

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and we're all gonna die.

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What happened to them.

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Went the way of Besimax or beaper pages

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beat out in the zeitgeist of newer, shinier,

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more gilded roby houses of worship.

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But that's not important right now. What's

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important is that Monica

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expelled Oggie, and afterwards

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things looked bleak for a minute until.

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Until what.

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Until one day Monica had this epiphany, this

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vision, this revelation of

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what. Some say God

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visited her. Others say a priest

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convinced her to change her ways. Others

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say that all the explanations are just

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ways to make it seem like a man came in and

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showed her the way.

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Of course they do.

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But I think there's nothing more powerful than the love

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a mother has for her child. Something

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you agreed with last time, if I remember

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correctly.

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Sure, I mean it's up

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there.

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So Monica searched

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for to make amends and to dedicate

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her life to him, hence her being.

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The mother of all saints, of mothers.

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Indeed, you're remembering,

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so she tracks him from Algeria

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into Italy, finally finding

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him

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in Mila a mother and

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child reunion indeed, to celebrate.

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They plan a trip to Rome, but before they leave,

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they meet with Saint Ambrose, also

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not yet a saint, but well on his way

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since he was the Bishop of Milan, and probably

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in miracles to spare at that point. But I digress.

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How's the apple?

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It's fine, good, good.

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Speaking of apples and hunger

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more generally, Oggie

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and Monica meet with Saint Ambrose because

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apparently their trip is going to land them in Rome

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on a Saturday. Okay,

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as it turns out, back then, Saturday

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was a day of fast in.

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Rome every Saturday, every

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Saturday, like a Shabbath,

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yes.

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But with even more restrictions and

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punishable by death. Darn

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darn indeed, whereas

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in Milan they're not only dressed to the nines,

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but they ate their heart outs on the weekend. Abetha

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style, sorry, Vegas style.

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I know what Abiza is, of course

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you do. So

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what did Ambrose say?

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I thought you'd never ask. He offered

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them some simple words that have lasted

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over eighteen hundred years.

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Fuck it eat whenever.

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One wishes, but

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the answer was about as diplomatic and non divisive

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as someone in his position could provide. He said

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to them, when I am here

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in Milan, I do not fast. But

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when I'm in Rome, I do fast

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on Saturday, okay,

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not ringing any bells.

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When in Rome do as the Romans.

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Do precisely, you

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do, remember, kudos to ever

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punched the line made it immortal.

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Wow, that's actually pretty interesting.

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But how does that apply to

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my current situation?

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It applies, Miss Rodriguez,

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because I too think you're progressing well

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here. There is a lot of attention,

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a lot of eyes on your case. But

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it's time to take things to the

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next level.

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What's the next level?

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Have you had a chance to think on the riddle from

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earlier?

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Do you remember it?

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I have seas without water,

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coasts without.

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Sand, towns without

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people, oh.

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And mountains without land?

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Correct? What am I?

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Seas? Coasts, towns,

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mountains, You're

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a map?

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It's almost time time

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listen to me, Siary, one more

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riddle before I'm gone gone. Just

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look at me and remember, my friend,

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what's hidden initially will come clear in

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the end.

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What will I get cut?

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But I never bleed? What I have teeth, but I

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do bite?

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Oh I know, no, don't what?

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Why not?

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What are you doing?

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It's okay,

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sir, please take a step back.

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Remember my friend hands

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out of your coat. I'm just going to give him my cart.

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What

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what's going on, sir?

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Hand jesus a gun, I said,

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step.

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Away style Alexander

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care Siary, No,

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get him off me?

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Get awa?

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Why did you do that? What did he give you?

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What?

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I don't know style?

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He walked over, he handed you something?

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No, no, what open

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your god damn hands, get.

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Me anything

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not just the.

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You know, take my keith, throw it back

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in a room. I'll get somebody to clean this mess up.

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Mm hmm.

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One will rush.

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Huh dull But wait,

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I don't understand. Fuck

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me, dude, got captain. Order

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to tell me a riddle that makes

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no sense. There has

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to be more to it.

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Okay.

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First riddle, map, what's

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a map?

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This?

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This all?

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This is a map?

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Okay. Last riddle, I

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get cut but I don't bleed teeth,

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but don't bite, easy,

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busy A key the key to

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the map. Yeah,

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I've got a key, but I don't know where it goes. Uh

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okay, okay. Middle riddle, Santa Monica milan

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man a key ism. How

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do I even spell that? Uh?

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Oh?

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He said, so much weird shit. I wish I

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could just forget it. Okay,

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just look at me and remember

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my friend. His

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friend is his friend's name

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again? Um

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something something

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with an m oh,

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he said, it's so many damn times. Okay, mmmm

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me me, me, me gout, make

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out. Miguel de la Cruz should

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have snagged another apple, Hey,

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went in rom

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yes room. What's

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hidden initially will come clear

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in the end. Roman numerals,

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Miguel's la Cruz isn't a name, It's a number.

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Okay, md LCM

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is what one hundred a thousand

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and d is? Up?

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It's twelve thirty?

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How did you I mean?

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It's after midnight? Shut

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up? And

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md LC isn't

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a Roman numeral. It

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isn't not indianc.

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De la cruise cruise.

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It's across across. What

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in Spanish cruise is across

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and across is an X M

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D l X forrip.

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Please translate to Roman.

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One thousand, five hundred

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and.

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Fifty ten and

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what you just add the.

19:04

Fifteen sixty side

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whatever it is?

19:08

Fifteen sixty do

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you want to know?

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Okay?

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Thanks, rip, Sorry, I woke you up. Good

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night? Fifteen

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sixty fifteen

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sixty the year that.

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Could it be a door code to

19:32

way James Bond? Have you ever seen a pin pad

19:34

in this whole fucking medieval palace? I

19:38

bet it's just part of another

19:40

fucking riddle. I'll

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have to ask Talbot when I

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see him in Hell? Another

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gay older And what have you got to show for it?

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A meaningless code and a useless key.

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Well, if you're not going to get me out, then why not make

19:59

it a thank

20:02

you for the blank canvas coble. At least

20:04

you loved me something Si

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was here?

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Hello? Given

20:16

my luckt these days, it's entirely improbable.

20:20

But could there be something

20:25

behind this brick? Easy?

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Now a

20:30

little harder? Oh?

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Why didn't I build a crow bar?

20:37

Yilty?

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One of Cavell's secret compartments.

20:44

Definitely not big enough to climb through, but tied

20:47

contraband, and

20:51

of course it's empty.

20:55

Wait what's this?

21:07

Jack Bob?

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Oh?

21:19

Yea yea

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Si.

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Yai Si.

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