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It won't do him much good. His body's reaching the point where aches and pains are par for the course.

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Why's he starting at the end... ?

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On the floor, belly-down. Diaphragm convulsed by the blow, unable to breathe.

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Both sides of the latch need release. Just need to reach the other shelf.

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If he did, he moved fast.

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A pause. A slight nod of the head. He's getting into it.

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In the end, the outcome was the same: a flurry of packing, a quick shuffle of locks and keys in the dark.

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All at once he internalises the defeat in his posture, the shoulders sinking in time.

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This is a man with a system. A tried-and-tested one.

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If he did, he moved fast.

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His hair looks like it exploded.

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Indeed, each of the pelota players display taut hamstrings, chiselled gastrocnemius and soleus, and perfectly rounded glutes that bounce appealingly under the shorts' tight, synthetic material...

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Luggage rack on the floor below for the bomb. You need a good angle and a prayer.

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Unless you run really fast in a zig-zag pattern. But even then...

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Pull your arms in close. Press your belly to the ground.

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Each page a wall of dense, precise text, locked in place with academic violence.

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All these rare words roll off her tongue like a second language.

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Forget that shitty Opera-assigned pen. You've got an editor's pen now!

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A ripe opportunity to see how this new editor's pen glides across the page.

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That certainly wasn't there before.

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Could be indicative of an underlying condition. No need to bring it up and scare her.

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The stopper has gone brittle, covered in a thick coat of sticky dust. There's no way to remove it without getting fragments of disintegrating cork everywhere.

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The slick, soft black silk slips through your fingers.

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The seizure you saw may have been self-induced, but others are not.

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Muscles clenched in futile effort.

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No no, look at the fangs, the poise, the quick eager paws. That's the build of a worker.

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Your knees could go at any second, the elation's that strong.

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You still have them, in fact. On your feet. Right now.

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You still have them, in fact.

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Under your feet, the buoy and the boat jostling in the sea swell. You keep your balance, just barely.

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His shirt is very ugly, it must be said.

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Natural blink reflexes suppressed, the two children you spoke to earlier stare at the TV in the adjacent stall.

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Natural blink reflexes suppressed, the two children stare at the TV in the adjacent stall.

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If he did, he moved fast.

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If he did, he moved fast.

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If he did, he moved fast.

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It's not her mess. Someone has been through and upended her stall.

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A testament to the power of the Operant Bureau's conditioning, preserving the original memories at sub-dream level.