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12 | THE A-MENShuffle, shuffle, sniff.Spend the hours look’n for breaks and breaches and anyth’n Ididn’t see the other nine hundred and ninety-nine times I’ve beat’tthis way.I’m plumb wore out. If only I had some wheels. Like a little bikeor a scooter or someth’n.Long whiles ago the RuZu use’t to be a big zoo and game park.It’s on the edge of the city. Not far from Forevermore. That’s thetheme park not the stupid story. Anyway the park’s near the bay. Thezoo’s inland aways. In exurbia. Can still make out the water they say,but only if you get to the top of the Spire of Life. Not that I’m evergonna get up there. Elliott use’t to live in the convert’t Aqua Park.Pools resurface’t and link’t with the hydrology system, so that’s wherethey grow the new recruits. He’s part wolf, you know. Mostly thehead part. The rest of him’s sorta human. Hairy but human. Mixtureof yellowy-brown with grey ’round the edges. Scruffy. Murder tokeep unmatted. But that’s him!This place was close’t down ages ago and I don’t think what theyuse it for now is strictly legal. Hence the good reason for keep’npeople away. They say they have a government contract, but Xerosays that’s so much shit. How he knows, I can’t really say, but he does.Now I live near the cages over in Wonders of Nature. Well, I sayme, but there’s lots of us. Well, me – Benjamin or Little Ben or Benjie– and lots of them. There’s Xero. Xero’s a mongrel. Bad breed. He’salsa crazy. Not full blown batshit crazy like Zark, but still pretty wayout on the wonky limb of the wongo tree. There’s alsa my otherperimeter pal, Hector. And then there’s Elliott. My best mutt buddy.Elliott. That’s all there is. Seems a little short, don’t it? Not like Phantomthe Wonder Dog.The other mutts call him Dingo.While I’m just a street brat brought in to shovel dog crap, Elliott’scode-name’t Anima-626a which is really cool. He has this tattoo’t onthe back of his left paw. It’s like he’s a secret agent. Would be evenbetter if the other dog thiefs didn’t all have these too. If only Dingo
THE A-MEN | 13was a secret agent we could blow this pile and zip outta here. Outtahere. That sounds cool. No more drills and thumps and no moreperimeter patrols.Same old, same old.Today the perimeter looks as it has always done.Except I guess for about a hundred titchy dots that hang in thebig blue sky like little black flies.
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Page 35 and 36: THE A-MEN | 27each syllable, is mad
Page 37 and 38: THE A-MEN | 29Flash. Memory number
Page 39 and 40: THE A-MEN | 31I wonder about that.
Page 41 and 42: THE A-MEN | 33month and year. Only
Page 43 and 44: THE A-MEN | 35I don’t tell him ab
Page 45 and 46: THE A-MEN | 37“You’re fucking k
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Page 49 and 50: THE A-MEN | 41Thus sight, sound, to
Page 51 and 52: 7 PureSome song once said that for
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Page 55 and 56: THE A-MEN | 47post-hack the feeder
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Page 61 and 62: 9 Sister MidnightI am summoned to t
Page 63 and 64: THE A-MEN | 55“Yes.”Yes, Strøm
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Page 67 and 68: THE A-MEN | 59“My job?”“Well,
Page 69 and 70: THE A-MEN | 61Eyes lock on the door
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THE A-MEN | 63“S’pose.”“Exe
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THE A-MEN | 65judgement day to spri
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THE A-MEN | 67Third needle only con
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THE A-MEN | 69“Seal it,” I whis
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THE A-MEN | 71and try to reassert m
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THE A-MEN | 73Bye bye, I say to it.
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THE A-MEN | 75“Why they sending m
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THE A-MEN | 77Oh, shit this.My hand
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11 DäalessandroLit by the unnatura
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THE A-MEN | 81of age, although the
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THE A-MEN | 83the hostgod had settl
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THE A-MEN | 85gonna stick us, but i
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THE A-MEN | 87and swarm down upon t
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13 23rdxenturyboyBack in the pens a
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THE A-MEN | 91halts right above me
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14 Sister MidnightPut a bullet in t
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THE A-MEN | 95“Kingdom na strong
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THE A-MEN | 97once more to the task
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15 The NowheremanThe drop is the wo
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THE A-MEN | 101The ten to one hundr
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THE A-MEN | 103More than me. Much m
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THE A-MEN | 105and byways and spira
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THE A-MEN | 107“Zero in five. Off
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THE A-MEN | 109on the loose cannon.
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THE A-MEN | 111anything to smash th
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THE A-MEN | 113businesses, restaura
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THE A-MEN | 115Filtering battlescan
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THE A-MEN | 117Chase laughs, enjoyi
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THE A-MEN | 119Though I can’t mak
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THE A-MEN | 121“Who’s Normand?
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THE A-MEN | 123author’s name. It
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THE A-MEN | 125“Yes, Jana.” I s
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THE A-MEN | 127actions as he attach
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THE A-MEN | 129to do other than wat
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17 PureWe hit the dirt out the back
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THE A-MEN | 133off, you’re liable
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THE A-MEN | 135really prove to ever
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THE A-MEN | 137It’s only when I
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19 Sister Midnight“Homo homini lu
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THE A-MEN | 141She sees the bot imm
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20 The NowheremanFor a hundred year
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THE A-MEN | 145yet to find them one
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THE A-MEN | 147by the faerie king c
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THE A-MEN | 149Your son is dead.No,
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THE A-MEN | 151Multiplying like rat
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THE A-MEN | 153and filed ivory teet
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THE A-MEN | 155At the roster count
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THE A-MEN | 157marks on the otherwi
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THE A-MEN | 159assigned the task of
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THE A-MEN | 161functioning heads-up
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THE A-MEN | 163social and political
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THE A-MEN | 165evil and destructive
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THE A-MEN | 1671:1 Before all was t
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THE A-MEN | 169the torch. What star
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THE A-MEN | 171Whether they actuall
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21 Däalessandro>Thomas Bryce Lloyd
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THE A-MEN | 175that forms the centr
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22 PureDodging under burning elevat
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THE A-MEN | 179we’re not going to
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23 23rdxenturyboyIn the funky shop
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THE A-MEN | 183’em is any good. W
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THE A-MEN | 185the buildings inside
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THE A-MEN | 187fully appreciate jus
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THE A-MEN | 189as acute as a betray
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THE A-MEN | 191cut spiral corkscrew
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THE A-MEN | 193“I’m getting out
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THE A-MEN | 195“Right now?”“U
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THE A-MEN | 197below my booted feet
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THE A-MEN | 199peacekeeping force,
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THE A-MEN | 201“Well, listen and
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THE A-MEN | 203“There’s more to
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THE A-MEN | 205And come he does.Wit
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THE A-MEN | 207At this Blackwing’
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THE A-MEN | 209“You not making it
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26 DäalessandroFaerieland. Thomas
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THE A-MEN | 213canine and the initi
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THE A-MEN | 215many of the lower le
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28 23rdxenturyboyThe city looks lik
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THE A-MEN | 219weigh’n up the iro
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29 Sister MidnightFresh from the ki
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THE A-MEN | 223I’m taken aback by
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THE A-MEN | 225Unprepared for the t
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30 The NowheremanIt’s my watch, b
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THE A-MEN | 229The room applauds wi
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THE A-MEN | 231“No matter. It onl
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THE A-MEN | 233“XEs.” The term
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THE A-MEN | 235out and pluck the fi
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THE A-MEN | 237structure. Like stit
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THE A-MEN | 239Fastwind through the
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THE A-MEN | 241interspliced with sh
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THE A-MEN | 243>09|08|03.2 Gyr|15:0
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THE A-MEN | 245I was. Who cares? I
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THE A-MEN | 247The heat from the ma
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THE A-MEN | 249>01|11|10.7 Gyr|07:3
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THE A-MEN | 251“Look, if we are g
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THE A-MEN | 253together. Watching o
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THE A-MEN | 255Esther raises her gl
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THE A-MEN | 257was the dream of bei
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THE A-MEN | 259times. Yeah, you’v
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THE A-MEN | 261up. “Maybe a head
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THE A-MEN | 263presence and warn wi
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THE A-MEN | 265“Yeah, well, y’s
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THE A-MEN | 267churches and other d
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THE A-MEN | 269It comes like the wo
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THE A-MEN | 271rocks would stop a t
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THE A-MEN | 273the red on orange lo
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THE A-MEN | 275lying, then go. Flee
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THE A-MEN | 277As one, we race to t
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THE A-MEN | 279the ramp. Slamming i
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THE A-MEN | 281Grease and painted w
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31 DäalessandroThe code is infecte
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THE A-MEN | 285can see’s he in a
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32 PureI’m reborn with a mind tha
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THE A-MEN | 289“Where am I?”“
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THE A-MEN | 291pattern codes, names
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THE A-MEN | 293not bit’n the hand
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THE A-MEN | 295come’n face-to-fac
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THE A-MEN | 297Leaving the doorway,
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THE A-MEN | 299“I don’t want to
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35 The NowheremanWatching Midnight
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THE A-MEN | 303having kittens over
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THE A-MEN | 305Aimed at Park Presid
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THE A-MEN | 307This seems to placat
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THE A-MEN | 309The zealots consult
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THE A-MEN | 311The chamber beyond t
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THE A-MEN | 313“Yeah, I drawl, li
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THE A-MEN | 315courthouse and broad
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THE A-MEN | 317milk and just as whi
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THE A-MEN | 319all thought with the
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36 DäalessandroI sit in a circle o
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THE A-MEN | 323“System, query, al
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THE A-MEN | 325But you want me to r
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THE A-MEN | 327through twice then j
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38 23rdxenturyboyBefore I met Esthe
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THE A-MEN | 331with the half-disman
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THE A-MEN | 333“The voting or the
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THE A-MEN | 335a strand of DNA, is
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THE A-MEN | 337“Tell me.”“I
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THE A-MEN | 339read it to her all t
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THE A-MEN | 341The corp demoniac’
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THE A-MEN | 343a hundred. All I can
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THE A-MEN | 345mountain. Devil’s
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THE A-MEN | 347and recoded it befor
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THE A-MEN | 349as surprised as anyo
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THE A-MEN | 351will be fatal like s
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41 DäalessandroAfter months of sol
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THE A-MEN | 355yellow. Dressed in m
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THE A-MEN | 357e:node and an open l
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42 PureAfter my drama-queen outburs
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THE A-MEN | 361something to him, li
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43 23rdxenturyboyLet me tell you
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THE A-MEN | 365Reaper’s to their
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44 Sister MidnightMordeci on. Chann
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THE A-MEN | 369Midnight here. We ar
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45 The NowheremanGlass on. Begin pe
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THE A-MEN | 373I awake on a beach o
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THE A-MEN | 375“That is but the h
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THE A-MEN | 377Throughout this diat
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THE A-MEN | 379temples. Like in the
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THE A-MEN | 381authorities were foo
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THE A-MEN | 383part of that. I can
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THE A-MEN | 385their holes and holl
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46 DäalessandroDawn arrives and al
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THE A-MEN | 389Instead the redhead
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47 PureSo here I sit crying out all
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48 23rdxenturyboyBack at City Hall
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THE A-MEN | 395my gut as I’m thro
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49 Sister MidnightThe fucked-up leg
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THE A-MEN | 399that it’s all real
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50 The NowheremanI wake to find her
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THE A-MEN | 403Above, the drifting
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