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and welcome to nocturnal

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transmissions at

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the fortnightly podcast

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that brings you dock,

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tails, both old

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and new performed

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by your house kristin

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holland

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pussycat

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pussycat you're

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so thrilling and

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i'm so willing

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to care for

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you so good

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with me dick, little

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pussycat eyes,

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pussycat iceycat

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i love you yes,

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i do tom

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joe

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dr know transmissions

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is proud to present

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it's rosen

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yeah

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yeah i ran are reminded himself

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said cats could not

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testify in court which

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was was positive whedon say

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would be the only witnesses to

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any the

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young staking , the

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the , driving

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and walking past more times

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than he times count the secrets

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to a successful burglary

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was learning the occupants routine

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says well as layout

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well the house and

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see matheson nothing

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nice creatures

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the fan

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everyone inside shield new

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mass sweet sad grand

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old house passed the end of the

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plot like a pale fast

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orange like still gleam

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in the front windows ominous

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i saw that worn anyone

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with bright ideas to

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stay away he

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and would have laughed too but there was

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just tiny problem as needing

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to buy back is mark soft

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a latest round of intoxicated

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gambling if he didn't

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there were men who would see his elbows

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take on new and exciting

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they had scraped together all the meager

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savings he had last and wage

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is options knocking

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, a liquor store was foolish

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and mugging people in the street even

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stupid as a bat that

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less and

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he did not take him long to arrive a

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country residents

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with all it's nigh aristocratic

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ostentatious snus would

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be hi d

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they would surely have money

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stashed away jewelry

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or heirlooms something

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he could sell let one of those pawn

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shops that did not ask too

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many inconvenient yeah

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they also had the helpful

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tendency to vacate on

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saturdays errands

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, rich powerful found themselves

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flitting to to

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time on the dot two miles

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matheson would take his wife eleanor

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and the little children spiral

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into an expensive car and tries

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off tantalizingly slowly

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while he acted as

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conspicuous as possible

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he had checked three times now

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he's deadlines payment sauce

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to products thanks

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to the hubris festering in the minds

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of rich and powerful the house

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had no security system and

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the door was left unlocked

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the only rob the cats

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the cats makes had several

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of them that's

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what they couldn't do tell

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anyone they had c

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no use delaying this there

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was nobody around the and could see

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and he'd even brought few cat treats

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just in case

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wait and not only until he was

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certain they were gone but that they

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would not be returning because little j

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nor and truth dot he

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, sure one last time

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the he was not watched his

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hands close on cold browns

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don't don't

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and door swung open with an

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inviting creek even

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stepped in and quickly shut the

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door asked him

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mash red

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carpet greeted him he

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, already cleaned the soles

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of his shoes and was wearing gloves

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so as not leave any prints inside

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the medicines home home

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was standing in a small several

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open doors to either side as he

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tried to recall

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positioning of rooms he had seen

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through the windows a

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, mule grew

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incidents incidents

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in the full frame of the open doorway

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was a grey and black stripe

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watch no stock

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ice it's head cocked

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to the side examined the intruder

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tiny ox

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he in green

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and again tell a scene get up

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to his lip police

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i won't tell if you don't

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began to walk toward the cat expecting

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it to flee it remained

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there instead watching never

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had the one about what curiosity

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did to it's kind still

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, was no interns to we and which

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meant he could ignore it it

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steps past the see line it

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suddenly bolted away and rushed to

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the to he and see at he

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might not have closed not completely the

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last thing he needed was an escaped cat

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and the tears of children prompting

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tears full investigation the

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grey cat reached the door throwing

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cat against the would even

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tents the door

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remains sixteen place sorry

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boss know sure why you'd wanna

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leave this place waved

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to the cast it ,

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by the door watching him with

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increased ice vigilance

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legacy he

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and disregarding the color

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t o sea lions began

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to search for any valuables

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in the kitchen there ,

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a seem so polished

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that he could see his reflection in the

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steel and there was and there

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and cabinet posts

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the tivoli festooned with family photos

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the , in many of the

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photos were holding the zach cats

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for the cameras including

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the gray one still by the front door

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door were several others including

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a sizable black and white school

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in moment of li well

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as lantern was frozen

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in laughter side flash

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photography had not done wonders

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for the can see insult in

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photos their photos their

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all most

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i'm happy out at against the floor

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behind him he spun around

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snapping a flashlight into his hand

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pay you theme of flight landed

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on the spot twenty or a cast

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had been just moments

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before there

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was only empty space

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the man

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then came the heavy sound again

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like the pounding of insistent seats

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upon the would have

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, angry mass grandpa

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in the house wielding louisville slugger

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coming through the next room for him

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him granny going to hurt or through the doorway

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with hairspray and her hand to

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blind him or was

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some free everyone else

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was gone flash

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right

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the noises grew closer now

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that something from

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box just out of reach of

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reach pend hungry noise

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drawn for from a cavernous

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throat twice

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the been appointed with a flashlight

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something leaks down landing

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past

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him upon all saw us he

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and sprang back nearly knocking

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over a chair is the strangled

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squeak of mouse came

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from his own today

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having jumped from atop the refrigerator

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with ring

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it watched him with large

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screen i saw ran

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poor across it's with satisfy

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me he

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and grab frustration

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his imagination was running was waves

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that south here it was just

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another cat just stupid

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see line making some noise

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it must be may

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be knocked over something else

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he turned to the refrigerator

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forget these

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mass it continued to wow

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the refrigerator was little twist

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support costs from

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amongst all these were smaller

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notes with words scrawled

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in neat yet desperate

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scraped do not

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forget to feed mo send

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a yoshi sweet hims and hester

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at twelve and six

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the explanation

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the times had been underlined

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three times of peace in price

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right for emphasis

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he in slaughtered and turned

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back to the black and white cast

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which one to use yeah

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murray swim

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history the

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last green

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eyes burning unblinkingly

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into we and zone like the

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cat was analyzing just

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where you sit sentiments

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view of the world

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the in at more important six

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to do with and talk to when

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, turned the black and white cast

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was suddenly upon the kitchen counter

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with a stump see little spring it's

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dark souls with silence tracked

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as the sleep the bread

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sit and stare at him again

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around , neck was small

12:35

color boasting a large

12:37

silver saw that listed a phone

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number and read read

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pissed i'm an indoor

12:44

cat please call mommy

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and daddy do

12:49

it when the

12:52

last sentence have been underlined

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three times not

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so haphazard unhurried as the notes

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someone had taken the time to

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com sucked into the metal

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guest rich people really

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did love sex

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he opened draw grinning

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at site since taking

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, forks and spoons

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for his pockets even close the

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door and left the kitchen leaving

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just the

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great streets past him

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starting out to brush shoulder

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against his leg he

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darted away bumping against the

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wall mouth and barely restrain

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himself rock the major

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that was wearing task that read

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i'm now wait

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have

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brushed against him mow leaned

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over to run pink

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he and let the

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, meow softly

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as heading over and running

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her tongue in the same spot

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in turn the cat

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smule cat one nasa

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has his conversing the

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in left to their conversation

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attempting to banish the felines

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from his mind he

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could see a bathroom to the last

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signed , that he walked

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down the old car doors of

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the house the lush

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red carpet team covering

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everything just a small

14:40

small walls were painted similar color

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apparently the madison the slight

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things browser uniform

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the first bedroom he found included

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bad with pink sheets and

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so animals all over esque

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stay the

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kid seem to like painting from

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the stars strange shapes

15:04

that covered the wolves little

15:07

, to scoff at her nightstand

15:09

nightstand of her with her siblings

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her so stand

15:14

proudly so the move

15:18

was the most prominent tim nice photos

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prominent chain savers

15:24

the photo looked have been taken indoors

15:27

but there was a indoors something

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wrong about the

15:32

light cast their shadows

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on wall moves

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appeared

15:39

the shape and malformed

15:41

somehow

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scratch

15:52

working a nice a bad flooring

15:56

it reminded he and of naive

15:59

scrape

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against wall the way some

16:02

people dragged the tips a family

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of , intimidation

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did not sound like single like

16:11

sounded like several all at

16:13

once tracking sliding

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something slithering underneath

16:21

seen slip unless

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i was rising like

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how he wants a dismay

16:29

cry

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not that bad this

16:38

time he and did fall back steam

16:41

li aware of the great kept

16:43

staring briefly

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, tried to washington's

16:48

spots fruit

16:51

to don't lift

16:53

the home and to ward off the cast

16:55

leading yoshi on

16:58

is carla before the cat lean

17:00

dean and gently ran

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and gently the

17:05

get a

17:08

caress scratch

17:11

and well her he

17:14

, flinched galvanized my

17:16

pain as he scrambles to his feet

17:19

plump cast case disappoint

17:22

me i'll lay silly

17:24

snapping at were me

17:27

there was

17:29

rat on that

17:38

to it's mouth she swam

17:40

in there , a cast

17:43

on the back of the and sand or

17:45

read smear visible

17:47

through black black

17:50

must pass it when when weren't

17:54

cats supposed to be empathetic

17:57

did heard somewhere that day cheese

18:00

the people laugh when they were had

18:05

maybe this was strange

18:08

attempted

18:13

you running

18:22

time it

18:25

smooth it's long whiskers

18:27

and meal or like little kitten

18:30

asking for us to help

18:33

three

18:36

even turned and walked quickly

18:38

from the room shutting the door he

18:40

did say he , at the

18:42

back the glass seen the class

18:45

shredded been such an irregular

18:47

way that cats

18:49

top of that been so ross

18:52

almost like it was cause the didn't

18:54

tiny little so once

18:58

when lanterns blaze

19:00

sickly in time when he

19:02

and raised said saidi

19:04

the moment he p a top what he

19:07

, closer for the orange spots

19:10

only mo immersed little

19:13

immersed a house leaving his mouth

19:15

and dot i the

19:18

area i'm getting

19:20

sick this

19:23

snapped his heart was

19:25

pounding into his head is t

19:27

clenching he , own

19:29

somewhat of a limited time frame here

19:31

to get what he needed with only

19:34

the kids through swear he was at

19:36

the moment moment knew the damn

19:38

lay out of his house he reminded himself

19:41

charles at him at snacks

19:44

was where he'd find what he'd needed

19:47

to cost force when something

19:49

cost his head he shouted

19:52

nearly falling forward as little

19:54

your she kicked off his head clause

19:56

digging into his scalp flailed

20:00

when in his arms but truly hitting

20:03

gray

20:06

played a leading those little pointy

20:08

clause had dug deep into his

20:10

head yoshi ,

20:13

more gracefully than his bulk

20:15

might have foretold and trotted

20:17

to model model

20:19

poll were poll leaving

20:23

little droplets behind this

20:25

were almost the exact shape

20:27

does the shape cop in

20:31

bolted down the hall trying to

20:33

smoothies have to absorb

20:35

what blocked court he

20:37

went for white status the cats

20:40

not following when

20:43

he dance look back he or

20:45

she was laughing gently at his

20:47

claws smokes face

20:49

extended towards the floor the

20:52

, of blot was barely

20:55

perceptible against those surroundings

20:58

most no

21:07

just get the

21:07

better find the bedroom that

21:09

was all he taught himself turned

21:13

, and screamed has

21:15

to was perched right before him

21:17

at the top of the stairs succeed

21:19

been waiting for him him

21:21

loves start swiping the yeah

21:24

before pulling back without touching

21:26

him he flung his arm

21:28

soft barely catching his balance

21:31

to rise himself and keep from falling

21:33

below where from falling

21:35

mo and he or she would

21:37

be waiting

21:39

door to chains room at been shocked

21:42

behind him he had made certain asked

21:44

how , such as sat see

21:47

moved with such grace even

21:49

if it had not the door of of

21:52

was hester staring at him

21:54

so insist place

21:56

up her emanate be

21:58

within his flashlight

22:11

dodging the blow with incestuous

22:13

ease she ,

22:15

upon the stairs and paste

22:17

outlets was silent

22:19

threats exactly each

22:22

individual stan

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tom selleck now to cross

22:29

right the i

22:35

this wasn't enough for he and he

22:37

reached his free hand into his pocket

22:40

and removed a switchblade flicking

22:42

it open and moving to nearest whole

22:44

way to put distance between himself

22:50

the root for all carpeted

22:52

with the same lush read uniformity

22:55

as below almost

22:57

like a tie to freshly

22:59

spilled blood

23:02

the next cat to attack him

23:05

was getting

23:10

that come too far to stop

23:12

now we ,

23:14

cats were nowhere near as

23:16

scary as brute since suits

23:18

who wanted to rearrange his physiology

23:22

he was making his way down the hole

23:24

for what he hoped was the master bedroom

23:26

when a hot dust brushed

23:29

snap a

23:31

prices

23:32

mia to him lurking close

23:34

to his back he , a

23:36

step and felt to move with

23:38

him he took another it

23:40

took another in turn spun

23:43

switchblade and flashlight raised

23:45

with raised scream of terror that had gone so

23:48

far that he could only give way to bravery

23:51

or insanity the

23:53

homeland m

23:55

d before behind

23:59

him there was a south korea

24:03

he turned back see a door open

24:06

leading to what could only be some

24:08

asked about the

24:10

, score cassette

24:12

in black paint it seem bucks

24:15

stars and shake seen

24:17

case didn't circuits identical

24:20

to what he in seen in chains well

24:23

well the bed silken sheath

24:26

slay another cat

24:29

it's cat burnt orange

24:31

shepherd no comment a

24:35

gg way jewelry

24:43

the mean less

24:47

i'm not not

24:49

for the cats he

24:51

, and release and walked

24:53

into the bedroom ignoring the way

24:55

their eyes moved to

24:58

fatherland good

25:00

right he remembered

25:03

the at the time treats little

25:05

pellets managed swipes during

25:12

the to at seventhly

25:14

cinderella sweeteners from economists

25:18

got and begin

25:20

to inspect the offering

25:23

he went for the jewelry shining

25:26

gold necklace silver

25:29

earrings started with red

25:31

and blue this

25:33

, be worth a fortune of the porn

25:35

and seen thought reached

25:38

out to intending to take poorly could

25:40

carry and then run for the door

25:42

out of this house forever now

25:48

nine a mirror up little some the

25:50

past of gray sir and slandering

25:52

yellow eyes he

25:55

did not go to the hand reaching

25:57

for the tools but rather but rather

26:00

holding switchblade flaws

26:02

, saying was ripped deep into

26:05

flesh tearing yelp from

26:07

eons throat throat

26:09

pass of the rest a

26:12

nice soaring the ground for ground

26:14

for treats said

26:16

or likes treats ignore

26:19

it dropped clapping

26:22

, to he's bleeding wrist

26:25

move raced asked into

26:27

the shadows purring

26:29

loudly the sound

26:32

back taken up by cinder then

26:34

sweetens sound

26:37

they have seen

26:40

set to the chorus

26:42

are rising pictures pleasurable

26:46

from he

26:51

and turned and ran out of the room

26:53

panic lending him wings

26:56

he made it to the end of the whole turning

26:58

down the stairs to see the front door

27:01

even , the shadows

27:04

he and could see i

27:06

see that would no longer sauce

27:09

brow know green

27:12

green were sickly yeah

27:14

sickly and too

27:17

far up from the flawed

27:19

in the shadows fara diminutive

27:23

stature

27:25

those eyes burn

27:28

like sung green lantern

27:30

since

27:34

he and suddenly remember our

27:36

model that notched the

27:38

door as if trying to get

27:40

off twin he in that first

27:43

arrived mo

27:47

been making sure that door

27:50

was securely closed

27:52

making certain he him

27:54

we're

28:01

happy

28:03

noises came pouring

28:06

, louder and louder

28:10

louder had to find window maybe in

28:12

the kitchen a backdoor a

28:15

something hit him in the back of the

28:17

lake city sale down the stairs

28:19

landing in a sentence he had

28:21

sentence for his

28:24

head swam he

28:26

speaks learn to see tried

28:28

to to for help or

28:31

purloined for buried

28:33

it sounds into his side it

28:35

staining his pants he

28:38

her purses

28:40

all saw

28:43

yellow eyes through

28:45

random tests

28:49

the laws against

28:51

, what snow coming

28:55

no house

29:03

what we're not

29:06

, living switchplates

29:08

with siren tasks they

29:10

love to play with this suit

29:14

somewhere is now

29:18

did not sound like now

29:22

, became hungry snarls

29:25

that bespoke of a primal

29:27

need to consume

29:31

he sept clause braced upon

29:33

his shoulders ready to sink

29:35

in when the door

29:40

everyone way back early the

29:43

voice trailed off simeon

29:45

heard the door slam shot

29:48

charles matheson spice

29:52

you see may seem

29:55

you located a

29:58

little girl's voice hi

30:00

with concern the

30:03

lot poured down from ian

30:05

scout selling his eyes

30:08

he tried to make his strained voice

30:11

work so in my past and

30:13

say

30:15

through

30:19

the red hayes he saw mo

30:22

and sweet comes in the arms

30:24

of jane matheson the to

30:27

running their heads against cheeks

30:30

their purse now the gentle

30:32

and loving a sections deserved

30:34

it house

30:37

charles manson war a

30:39

frown i can't

30:41

believe this

30:44

all this trouble to bring you here and

30:47

you still can't follow basic decency

30:50

in our whoa

30:51

that be don't be mad they

30:54

were just hungry we have less

30:56

sued less dense a family so

30:59

jane protest most

31:01

, meow was

31:04

pitiful contract

31:07

i'm trained more next time i promise

31:10

you know they can't eat whatever

31:13

they want change charles

31:16

sounded weird

31:19

well at least our trip to the butcher

31:21

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