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still, it would not be a lie to state
the question confined him off-guard . . .
why would she want to know﹖
“ 𝔦—— i guess . .﹖ ”
was it not obvious﹖
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Sophie peers through the telescope, tilting the glass over tiny, luminescent stars that dot an otherwise black sky. The same stars that have guided her home a million times. "It's real pretty," she says. "You think aiming this thing at the sun would turn you blind?"
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everyone is allowed to own fascinations.
right﹖
and many years back, when enlistment
for zarya eventuated for the not
far advanced sebastian it has
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