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williamston modest died on a roller at

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the age of of it

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was not dramatic death his car

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did not from the rails his

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body did not lose itself from its seat his

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death was quiet unobtrusive and

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now where way, you could even say that leon found the kind of death

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he'd always for she'd

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had profound misgivings about boarding right

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in in first place he you've been

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an adventure i like a little brother

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me tree who had into the mysterio

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labyrinth of the world nor

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thrill seeker like nika who grinned wider

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for every inch the line advanced

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it had been nico who had goaded leon into coming

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here in the first place guarding

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him via the red line from porter square

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to park street briefly ,

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the green lines reach the government center connection

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connection they boarded the state xin blue line

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which carried them mercilessly to it's terminus

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wonderland once

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they're neat insisted that the absurdly

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named roller coaster be their first stop

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pulling him by the cup of his sleeve she

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had brought him out your specifically to cheer him up

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after the end of his most recent relationship

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she saw not so much saw responsibility

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as an opportunity to be useful and

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leon felt obliged to indulge her

1:20

to allow for that pride of having comforted

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that loved one having need so

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he put comforted his smile took a

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deep breaths and shuffled along

1:29

the crowd control mais that guided him

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toward his destiny

1:34

he knew he could change his mind it's

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not as though he is inscribed this into this schedule

1:40

self sure it was right there in in his

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google calendar post-relationship outing

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with mica destination wonderland,

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but nothing committing to

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the roller, coaster certainly not

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some rickety monster called, good lord

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marla and

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if it wasn't on his schedule than he didn't have

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to do the reminded himself

1:59

with every step as he approached

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the polo shirt and seen with the child measuring

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rod he reminded himself the

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stepped off the platform to the third car from the

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front he reminded himself

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but when the shoulder kids descended over his

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head see less

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he was too late the

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appointment was confirmed

2:24

he didn't even mind so much that his relationship

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had fallen apart he was

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more concerned about the precarious state of his job

2:31

he'd found the relationship stressful luis

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expecting outings on a moment's notice

2:36

to movies to dance clubs all

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the weight of the north end for florentine can only

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it makes pastry it

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wouldn't have been so bad if only she had planned

2:45

ahead given him a months warning

2:48

maybe two she

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likes north end where the streets

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were permanently tacky from the great molasses

2:55

flood to , to slow down

2:57

your step just a little where the sidewalks

2:59

are pulling your shoes right off off

3:02

luis a sprang things on him cooking

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classes and dinner reservations

3:09

and imax showings of documentaries about antarctica

3:13

too much

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the operator released the cars and

3:19

leon was jerked forward he

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, once the were condemned

3:24

man laughs when he doesn't quite believe was coming

3:27

coming , him a

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nod him grin as

3:32

the car roses the the began planning

3:36

to keep his hands and arms inside

3:38

his cause of course he

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would not give up his one needs of anchoring himself

3:43

his the safety harness health via

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any good handhold holding

3:48

the harness itself wouldn't help the harness

3:50

detached you just have itself wouldn't grip on it

3:53

as they flew off into the atmosphere together

3:56

the one who the last far as the five

3:58

point harnesses assisted sons

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i'm not trusting he

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understood the need to be proactive to

4:06

ensure his own security

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that was why he put on job hunting despite

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having a job in which he signed consent for ten years

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the publishing industry was shrinking he

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survived the first round of layoffs what

4:20

he needed to be ready for the second the

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cari class dragged

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, by the change through the rationing

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mechanism of the side rails rails

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understood that this was a cc systems

4:34

and assurance of the first could never fall backwards

4:37

harm of hideously snapping the next of every

4:39

passenger on the on understanding

4:42

mou the found no the alamos up

4:45

hold up hold

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up hold up he couldn't believe

4:49

how far up how long they assumed

4:52

his whole life some passing lomu

4:54

the brown hula hoop because

4:59

the never been good

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at anticipation there

5:03

was no join in it for him only

5:06

the dread of uncertainty the

5:08

panic of surprise the

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child he had refused to open

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his on christmas presents insisting

5:16

that niqab dmitri do it for him

5:19

while he waited in the next room with his eyes

5:21

closed siblings

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reported back to him due to flee carefully

5:26

detailing what they had found most

5:28

significant presence first so

5:30

to ease the greatest anxieties continuing

5:34

an order of diminishing value to

5:36

end in the familiar safety of socks and

5:38

number two pencils the

5:41

what he knew every item that

5:43

assuaged all lingering mystery what

5:45

he dared to set eyes on the totems of affection

5:48

family had chosen for him

5:51

they discovered that if he stressed his arms far

5:53

enough we could hook his fingers on the bottom

5:55

of the food itself the

5:57

model with whoa hold on for hours

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fingers

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the calculated case we sort of

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the his mathematically since because

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they , were that was one

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was happy was , not

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among the uncertain

6:19

the on conveyor no uncertain to

6:22

he , the sort who would gladly accept knowledge

6:24

of the exact time as cause guess

6:26

given the opportunity opportunity

6:29

wouldn't even try to change that face the

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knowing would be enough more than enough

6:34

better than avoiding and only land back

6:36

in the limbo of limbo you

6:38

need an applied for a position of them astrology

6:41

magazine not because he believes in astrology

6:43

which he does not simply because

6:46

he respected the are respected go to

6:48

the complete the mission

6:50

to be unknown a life

6:52

without surprises without the

6:54

unexpected without unanticipated

6:57

terrors however

6:59

much about the world changed superstition

7:01

would always be a constant perhaps

7:04

all the more so in times of upheaval dmitri

7:08

thrown off into the woods in search of impossible

7:10

creatures or nika hain

7:12

her hopes on chance encounters the famous strangers

7:16

yes , was a counter intuitively

7:18

solid post switch leon could

7:20

tie his said said thought

7:22

about all of that during the interminable rise

7:24

along the along as soon enough

7:26

all that time was reduced to a mere bliss

7:29

and come much and soon as

7:31

we saw the passengers in the head car raise

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their hands in the air just before disappearing

7:36

over the zenith disappearing the track how

7:38

about a second car and about here she

7:40

was looking out

7:43

over the edge it it's your hundred foot vertical

7:45

drop followed by an array of

7:47

twists and tried

7:49

to make the calculations consider best

7:52

turn his boss or cities we

7:54

were anchor his hands but see new and

7:56

was hopeless whatever was going

7:58

to happen what happened for

8:00

any of his careful preparations to mean anything at

8:03

all either , little pod

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would drive itself into the ground with session

8:07

force force ,

8:10

it would fly free of fly rules of

8:13

it wasn't rules , kill

8:15

him or it was

8:19

no solution to this puzzle safe

8:21

two weeks

8:24

and now here with mika tossing her hands

8:26

in the air with no concerns at all

8:31

the on just couldn't do it he

8:34

took one look from a top that rickety wave

8:36

of track that dizzying array

8:38

of speed and surprise and

8:41

embraced the greatest certainties he

8:43

could muster he muttered

8:45

a single word know and

8:48

preemptively expired willfully

8:51

exited the world without

8:53

feeling even the first breeze of

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dissent

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this is an advertisement my

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name is leon's them out as

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i worked in the publishing industry for several

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years i am currently dad

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just ham mean telegram guy

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too high a word

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but we're coming up on our style rewire

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a wife relieve are strike remove

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them have you in mind lol

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the first the tone or whatever ceremonial

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i used to be the best ben

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affleck

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and bigger know nobody ever

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towards his watch me go superman

9:52

we have any problems with to i don't know where this guy

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gets his information but it's like you've got a crystal

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ball and we're certainly not metics

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1112, how

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could he have he a c, d and eat frame

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but no a that seems a little far-fetched

10:08

laboratory

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this is so awkward

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like a a book about lock-picking

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no cheese, no ketchup to a single

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fresh pickle, every

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one

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of of her animals the health of the love and medical

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fucking know how

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jonestown

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massacre finally

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coming this fall two the

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weird spot to be losing