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.so 0101.ms \" West Berlin, Indiana. 2049.
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.so 0102.ms \" SL, protagonist.
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.so 0103.ms \" SL's friend followed him around with a camera.
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.so 0104.ms \" It would require some unspecified effort to find out just when he had arrived at the hotel.
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.so 0105.ms \" Friends had been trying to convince him for years that he should come to West Berlin.
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.so 0107.ms \" Contradictions of life in the hotel:
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.so 0201.ms \" Megatokyo, Indiana. 2049.
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.so 0203.ms \" Meguro, Indiana. 2179.
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.so 0204.ms \" Aij's first day at the company was uneventful by any measure.
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.so 0205.ms \" So there were at least two projects.
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.so 0206.ms \" The RIVET RIVET program at OL-DET 9 quickly yielded results.
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.so 0207.ms \" They came when he wasn't ready.
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.so 0301.ms \" Wake up.
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.so 0302.ms \" They were like ants.
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.so 0303.ms \" Peter considered life to be a waste of good resources.
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.so 0304.ms \" Looking into his eyes one would first be confronted by the plastic strip, alternately flashing a series of targeted, third-party ads.
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.so 0305.ms \" "Do you think this is blasphemous?" Tommy asked, more than a little sheepishly.
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.so 0401.ms \" DET-86, Mars. 1984.
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.so 0402.ms \" But first, this.
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.so 0403.ms \" "Then why do we have a socialized military?"
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.so 0404.ms \" Down in the silo, nobody really understood what was happening.
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.so 0405.ms \" But not for us. let's dig a little deeper, shall we?
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.so 0501.ms \" Evident along the path were the occasional clearings, open spaces relatively lacking in tree cover (and thus, near-field surveillance).
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.so 0502.ms \" Bear was concerned there was no way he would hear his chime when it was time to wake up.
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.so 0503.ms \" The green of the field had worn a line around bear\u2019s waist, cresting just below his navel where h leaned into the field as he ran.
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.so 0504.ms \" It was a live birth.
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.so 0601.ms \" A moth ate words.
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.so 0602.ms \" Tom regarded his silver hair in the mirror.
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.so 0603.ms \" Of course the silver was fake.
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.so 0604.ms \" It went about as well as could be expected.
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.so 0605.ms \" It transpired that nobody's job was at risk that day.
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.so 0606.ms \" Either the sound had changed or he had changed.
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.so 0607.ms \" Tom kneaded the Grisham's Formula into his scalp and waited for it to take effect.
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.so 0608.ms \" The concept of this stable inner core is ancient and tenacious, but it is an illusion.
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.so 0609.ms \" The last time Tom spoke with Piro he was interrupted.
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.so 0610.ms \" This time there was no reprieve.
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.so 0611.ms \" There was no argument from the crew, who were not aboard and thus had no way to respond to his remark.
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.so 0612.ms \" Thomas hummed along with the slow whine and drummed his gloved fingers absentmindedly on the console.
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.so 0613.ms \" The route between Earth and Mars was the same one Tom had traveled a million times during his childhood.
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.so 0614.ms \" K.A.R.L. had gone into sleep mode.
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.so 0615.ms \" K.A.R.L. had broken down.
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.so 0617.ms \" He couldn't read it.
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.so 0618.ms \" "Is there any part of you that isn't just a reaction to some perceived slight?"
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.so 0619.ms \" He was being tailgated.
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.so 0620.ms \" Back at his desk, Thomas took off his visor and rubbed his ruined eyes.
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.so 0622.ms \" No, that wasn't it either.
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.so 0623.ms \" Kid, don't crack on me now.
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.so 0702.ms \" DATABASE ANIMALS
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.so 0703.ms \" BOUND COMICS
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.so 0704.ms \" 2D COLLISION DETECTION
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.so 0705.ms \" EMBITTERED B-MINUS COMPETITORS
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