1. Let's settle this, Tennyson.
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2. My dear Kevin, your nigh
gladiatorial bellicosity
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3. has once again outpaced your
ratiocinative processes.
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4. I don't know what you just said but...
cannonball!
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5. Oh, attempting
to short me out, hmm?
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6. Before you ever cause such an
involuntary cognitive discharge,
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7. my intense electromagnetic
stormers would vaporize you.
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8. To wit.
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9. Ugh!
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10. As a coder and at
the risk of gilding the Lily,
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11. I submit.
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12. that I wasn't even
thinking hard.
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13. Okay, you got me that time.
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14. Live and learn, right, Gwen?
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15. She misses grandpa.
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16. She was fine in the car.
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17. It's my fault.
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18. I thought bringing her here
would cheer her up.
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19. This is grandpa Max's
secret fishing rock.
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20. He used to come out here all the
time, when he wasn't traveling.
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21. Away on plumber business.
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22. We didn't know back then.
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23. When I was 5, he brought me here,
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24. and I caught a teeny,
tiny fish.
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25. He wanted me to release it,
but I put up a big fuss.
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26. It was my fish, you know?
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27. Grandpa finally convinced me to
come back when it was bigger.
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28. Guess I never had an easy time
letting go.
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29. Hey, look over there.
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30. For a secret place,
this gets a lot of traffic.
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31. Did you ever see a
flower like that, Ben?
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32. Hey, you in the cloak!
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33. That woman just disappeared.
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34. Teleporter maybe?
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35. What was she doing?
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36. "Max plus Verdona"?
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37. Who's Verdona?
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38. Let's find her and ask.
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39. I should be able to track her
with this.
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40. Ugh.
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41. I really thought
I had that move down.
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42. Huh.
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43. That's not the first flower
she left here.
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44. So what now?
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45. We can't just wait for her to
come back.
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46. This is crazy.
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47. She didn't show yesterday, and
she's not gonna show tonight.
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48. Humor me.
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49. Do I look like I'm kidding,
Tennyson?
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50. You guys!
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51. I have to find a bathroom.
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52. Lots of trees around.
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53. Real debonair, Kevin.
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54. There was a gas station a couple
miles back.
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55. I'll drive you.
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56. No.
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57. Keep watch.
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58. I'll be right back.
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59. Look.
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60. How do you know Max Tennyson?
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61. Talk.
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62. What rotten kids.
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63. Go away.
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64. Jetray!
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65. Ooh, a Chase.
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66. I haven't had a good Chase in ages.
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67. Ha!
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68. Answers, lady.
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69. We're done playing.
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70. Not until I put my toys away,
sweetie.
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71. Ugh!
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72. Ugh! Ugh! Uh!
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73. Who are you?
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74. This little world
would be a lot more tolerable
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75. without troublemaking imps like
you getting in my way.
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76. Yeah?
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77. Show us what you got.
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78. Can't I leave you
guys alone for two minutes?
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79. Do that again.
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80. No problem.
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81. Incredible.
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82. Just who do you think
you are littering
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83. my grandpa's cove with your
flowers?
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84. Flowers that she makes
out of energy.
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85. No way.
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86. Did you say Max was your
grandfather?
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87. Kiddo!
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88. Um, he was my grandpa, too.
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89. Really?
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90. Oh, can you project energy like
your sister?
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91. Cousin.
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92. And no.
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93. Shame.
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94. Gwendoyln... I'm Verdona.
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95. We'll talk again soon.
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96. I think we just met our
grandmother.
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97. Dad, we need to talk.
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98. In your room?
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99. I'm honored.
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100. When was the last time you let
me in here?
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101. I've been keeping a big
secret from you.
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102. Magic powers.
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103. So you're what... some kind
of wizard in training?
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104. Come on, Gwen.
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105. There's no such thing.
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106. But there's more.
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107. You ready?
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108. That's a big secret.
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109. I met grandma Verdona today.
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110. I was afraid this day might come,
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111. but you never showed any
signs of having powers.
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112. Your mother and I thought we
were in the clear.
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113. Magic runs in the family?
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114. I knew it!
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115. Honey, there really is no
such thing as magic.
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116. Your grandma's an alien.
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117. Okay, I'm overloading
with questions, but first...
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118. Guys, I know you're out there.
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119. Come on in.
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120. Hey, Uncle Frank.
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121. Uh, how do you do, Sir?
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122. Kevin Levin.
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123. Who's this...
Your boyfriend?
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124. Absolutely not!
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125. Daddy, no!
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126. So, here's the thing.
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127. My grandma, who I never knew,
wants something from me,
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128. but I don't know what.
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129. Let's ask her.
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130. Your friends aren't the only ones
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131. who sneak around
eavesdropping on people.
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132. Isn't that right, mom?
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133. You always could tell
when I was watching, baby.
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134. I had hoped it meant you had
the spark... but no such luck.
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135. Verdona, what a surprise.
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136. Whoa.
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137. Tea, dear, and
something sweet for the kids.
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138. Been a while, mom.
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139. I suppose... in human time.
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140. Sweetie, your grandmother is an
anodyte and so are you.
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141. What's an anodyte?
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142. Anodytes are a race of free spirits
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143. with powers that
humans can barely comprehend.
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144. Now, we don't often mess in the
affairs of just plain folks,
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145. but I fell deeply in love with
Max Tennyson.
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146. And ditched him?
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147. No.
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148. It's just that after the kids
were grown and out of the house,
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149. I needed to reconnect with my
anodyte heritage,
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150. and Max was busy saving the
universe with the plumbers.
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151. Dad thought you didn't know
about that.
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152. Yes, he didn't want
me to worry.
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153. Sweet man.
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154. We had many good years,
but we grew apart.
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155. Even a fellow loaded with as
much mana as Max
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156. is still just a
physical being.
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157. What's mana?
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158. Your grandpa's fate was big news.
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159. It even reached my planet,
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160. so I came back here to remember
the good times.
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161. Who knew there was a budding
anodyte among you.
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162. Gwendolyn, you'll be amazed at
what you can do.
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163. Let me teach you to Master life
energy...
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164. That's what mana is.
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165. Oh.
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166. I do want to learn.
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167. Where do we start?
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168. On anodyne.
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169. Stop living this humdrum life.
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170. Come home with me and join
the real party.
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171. Leave?
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172. This is all so... wow.
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173. This is too huge.
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174. Mom? Dad?
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175. What do I do?
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176. I don't know.
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177. It's an opportunity I never had.
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178. We always hoped that you
would take after my side
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179. of the family,
but we want you to be happy.
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180. We won't stand in your way,
Gwen.
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181. You won't?
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182. Then it's settled.
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183. Come on, sweetie.
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184. Let me.
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185. Hmm, such a serious girl.
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186. You would go up on the roof.
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187. Some of us can't fly, you know.
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188. Dude, be supportive.
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189. This is not how
I expected my day to go.
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190. Still, it's pretty cool
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191. to find out about your powers,
right?
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192. Grandma could teach you to do
all that stuff she can do.
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193. I'd be gone for a long
time, I guess.
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194. Maybe forever.
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195. I've always felt like an
outsider,
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196. like I'm in the
wrong place.
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197. But then I think, "oh, that's
high school for you."
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198. We'll miss you if you go.
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199. Really?
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200. Sure, but we've been
recruiting more and more
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201. plumber kids, so we'd still have
a pretty powerful team.
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202. Oh.
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203. When I was trying to decide
whether to use my powers again,
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204. you told me it was my choice.
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205. That's all I'm saying.
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206. Anyway, maybe you owe it to
yourself
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207. to try turning into a
cosmic manamaster.
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208. Maybe.
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209. It's a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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210. Kevin,
do you feel the same way?
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211. No.
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212. Why would you even think about it?
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213. I want you around.
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214. The whole thing's lame.
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215. Lame!
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216. Lame!
Lame!
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217. Shag carpet, eh?
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218. Ah, they were Max's favorite.
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219. Why do the most backward
creatures make the best music?
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220. Don't you ever complain about
my aunt Joyce again.
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221. Cheer up, junior.
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222. You didn't have the spark.
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223. There was nothing
I could teach you.
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224. You taught me a lot, mom.
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225. You and dad both.
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226. You know what I mean.
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227. I even came back when
the grandkids were born,
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228. just in case your baby
had the spark.
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229. But nothing doing.
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230. Carl's boy...
Same thing.
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231. Mom, if you can give Gwen an
opportunity that we can't,
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232. we won't hold her back.
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233. Thanks so much for the offer,
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234. but I'll just settle for
being a gifted human.
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235. I want to stay here
with my friends.
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236. But you don't even
know what you really are.
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237. Kiddo, we belong on anodyne
among our kind.
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238. Let me show you.
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239. See?
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240. Just a disguise.
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241. This is what it means
to be an anodyte.
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242. So that's why she looks so good.
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243. Mature anodytes are
pure energy.
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244. We draw life from the mana
around us.
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245. You got to admit...
That's kind of cool.
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246. You're just too
young to make up your own mind.
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247. Let me help you.
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248. I'll destroy your body and free
the anodyte inside.
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249. It'll be fun.
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250. And you'll be able to think much
more clearly.
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251. Destroy?
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252. Her body?
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253. Destroy my body?
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254. You're not serious.
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255. How do you know whether you like
something
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257. Verdona, she said no.
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258. Another dance, boys?
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259. Okay.
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260. But just this once.
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261. Now,
this is what I call a party.
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262. Gwen, stay back.
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263. Hit the road, Kevin.
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264. Huh?
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265. Oh.
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266. Spidermonkey!
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267. Check it out.
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268. Hands-free.
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269. Why, grandma!
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270. What big trouble you have.
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271. She's weakening.
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272. Spidermonkey's
got it covered.
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273. Dude, I don't know if
I could pound your grandma.
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274. That's okay.
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275. We're teaching her to mind her mana.
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276. Good one, Ben.
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277. Was not.
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278. She's drawing mana
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279. from millions of living things
around her.
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280. The grass.
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281. I'm really enjoying this.
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282. I should get out
more often.
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283. Whoa!
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284. No more tantrums,
sweetie.
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285. It will all be over in a second.
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286. One day you'll
learn to make a new body...
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288. Listen to me!
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289. I am not going.
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290. I love having powers,
but I like my life better.
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291. I like fighting monsters and
saving the world.
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292. Anodytes help tons
of people... scads.
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293. You could use your new powers
however you want...
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294. After you've mastered them in...
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295. 60 or 70 years.
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296. It's more than that.
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297. I like swimming in school and
breaking boards with my hands
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298. and running and feeling tired
afterward and... kissing boys.
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299. I mean, all those good times you
had with grandpa...
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300. Oh, I was just a kid
having my fun.
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301. Trust me...
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302. Grown-up parties are so much better.
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303. Grandma Verdona, admit it...
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304. You miss it and you miss
Max.
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305. That's what brought you here.
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306. Max should have been
like us.
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307. He had a spark all his own.
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308. An adventurer, troublemaker...
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309. He was a lot like your little
friend, um... Curtis.
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310. Kevin.
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311. Energy beings talking here.
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312. No.
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314. I'm a girl.
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315. Maybe I've forgotten
what that's like.
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316. Still,
what I'm offering you is better.
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317. Think of how many more powers
you'll have.
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318. I like my powers, but I
I o v e my friends and family.
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319. I'm not going with you, grandma.
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320. No.
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321. I don't believe you are.
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322. Well, it's been a wild little shindig.
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323. But mama's got to go.
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324. How did you do that?
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325. You could come with
me and find out.
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326. Yeah... or not.
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327. Had to try.
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328. Goodbye, all.
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329. And, Ben, way to stick up for
your cousin.
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330. You're all right.
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331. You, too, grandma.
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332. Don't forget to have
some fun, kiddo.
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333. Grandma's going to drop in now
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334. to see how you're doing.
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335. Oh... joy.
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337. I know where this goes.
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