1. Even without what happened
forty years ago,
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2. man would still be a creature
that fears the dark, I think.
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3. He averts his eyes from that fear,
from the memory of his history,
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4. and acts as if he never had those
memories in the first place.
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5. If I stay here, I think my son
might come here to see me...
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6. when he gets his memory back.
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7. When I think of that, I...
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8. The residential records will
still show that you lived here.
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9. Even if you move, everything will work out.
There's nothing to worry about.
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10. Please transfer the funds
by the time we agreed upon.
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11. Negotiator.
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12. My work here is done.
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13. This is about a new job.
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14. I hear our parent company is
interested in hiring you.
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15. Your parent company?
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16. It's the same whether you're a
bread store or a real estate agency,
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17. or even the Military Police, I bet.
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18. When you say "parent company,"
it always means the same place.
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19. In this city, the business called
Paradigm is both God and State.
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20. Roger Smith?
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21. You!
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22. I work as a secretary for Phil Gasay,
publisher of Paradigm Press.
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23. I don't believe this is our
first encounter, Miss...
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24. Patricia Lovejoy.
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25. As I recall, the name you gave
me last time was Miss Casey.
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26. Didn't I tell you to call me Angel?
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27. Have you gotten fed up with a job
that isn't worth your while?
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28. How long have you been working here?
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29. For a week.
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30. What're you after?
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31. "After"?
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32. I'm just an ordinary woman.
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33. Alex Rosewater...
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34. Paradigm's chief executive.
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35. Can man survive cut off from
his memories of the past,
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36. having no idea how long he's been
there or where he's connected to?
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37. This new job was to convince Michael
Seebach, a reporter with Paradigm Press,
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38. to hand over a manuscript
he was working on...
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39. in exchange for a
large retirement package.
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40. The job itself isn't difficult,
but it presents two problems:
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41. First, uncertainty over
whether I should take a job...
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42. from a department so
close to Paradigm HQ.
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43. And more importantly, the fact that
Seebach disappeared three months ago.
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44. How long ago did you sink to taking
these P.I. jobs, Mr. Negotiator?
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45. There are only two roads that can be
taken by people who quit the police.
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46. They can become a private investigator and
poke around in other people's lives.
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47. Or they can destroy people's lives
as part of an illegal organization.
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48. All I want is information on the man
I'm going to be negotiating with.
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49. I'm just a bit nostalgic at seeing you
come back to the nest, Roger Smith.
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50. Michael Seebach. A German?
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51. A missing person's report hasn't been filed.
Taxes unpaid for two months.
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52. Hasn't he left the city?
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53. No. Someone who lived inside the
domes would never leave them.
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54. That's the way it is.
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55. Oh.
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56. Roger!
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57. That vanished reporter of yours
led a double life, looks like.
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58. He had a wife, but he also
rented that apartment.
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59. You may have quit the
force out of disgust,
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60. but the rest of us are proud
of the Military Police.
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61. Thanks for your help
on this one, Dastun.
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62. I've lived my life as
a newspaper reporter.
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63. I uncover the truth
and write my articles.
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64. But I learned all too well that a mere
reporter can't get to the truth in this city.
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65. And no one here is even interested in
learning the truth that must be known.
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66. But I want to know!
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67. I want to learn what must be known!
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68. "What must be known"...
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69. Gasoline?
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70. Oh, man...
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71. You corrupt dog on the city's leash!
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72. Michael Seebach?
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73. Michael Seebach has
vanished from this world.
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74. Go tell that to your masters!
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75. What's your name, then?
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76. Just call me Schwarzwald for now.
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77. "Black forest"?
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78. You can report this to your masters!
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79. Tell them that their poor reporter
will never again appear in this city!
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80. Dig up the truth...
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81. Aren't you cold?
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82. Oh, you're worried about my health?
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83. Not really.
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84. Androids and Megadeuses...
They existed here beforehand.
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85. No one doubts that in the least.
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86. But maybe we've just convinced
ourselves that that's the case...
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87. Dorothy, do you ever think
about what makes you tick?
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88. I think about myself
more than you do.
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89. Yes. This is about myself.
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90. It looks like the time has finally come
to face the darkness within me.
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91. I use these underground
tunnels to transport Big O.
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92. I hear there was once a transportation
system here called a "subway."
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93. It may only be thirty feet
below the surface,
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94. but not even bank robbers
set foot down here.
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95. Big Ear once told me
that forty years ago,
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96. there were people who
even lived down here.
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97. Even I haven't gone down
any further than this.
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98. This is probably another world
that no one in the city knows about.
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99. Except for just one man.
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100. The further down I go,
the newer the walls become.
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101. Items from a more recent era
are buried further down.
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102. I'm scared.
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103. Me. I'm actually scared.
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104. What's triggering this
irrational emotion?
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105. This... is just a
physiological response.
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106. Reason should be
able to suppress it...
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107. Suppress this illogical emotion...
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108. Ma...
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109. - ma?
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110. R-R-R. Dorothy!
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111. "Mama"? Your mother, you mean?
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112. Who cares about that?
It's got nothing to do with you!
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113. That's not what I meant!
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114. What are you doing down here?
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115. Your physiological responses are
returning to normal, Roger.
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116. Dorothy, do you want to know what
it's like, too? You can't feel terror.
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117. I don't understand the
emotions you people have,
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118. but even my father didn't know
how it is that I operate or think.
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119. Wayneright...
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120. Dr. Wayneright was the top
man in android research.
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121. Father was a craftsman.
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122. He was the most skilled
craftsman, then.
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123. Still, he didn't have a complete
grasp of the core technology.
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124. He only put me together in the hopes
of bringing back his dead daughter.
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125. No one on this planet
knows everything.
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126. But if there's something
that frightens you,
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127. there are those who
turn their eyes away,
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128. and there are those who try to see
through the fear and conquer it.
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129. People aren't the same. Each person
is a unique being, R. Dorothy.
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130. Dorothy?
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131. That sound...
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132. What was this place?
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133. A Megadeus!
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134. I'm amazed you made it this far.
Most impressive, for a Paradigm dog.
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135. Seebach! No, Schwarzwald!
What are you doing here?
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136. Is that Big O's archetype?
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137. Forty years ago, something happened,
and we all lost our memory!
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138. Along with the untold
power we possessed!
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139. You call this power?
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140. These Megadeuses were
nothing special, Negotiator.
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141. If I could regain those Memories,
even I could possess such power!
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142. Is it still operational?
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143. It was buried here!
I released the lock.
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144. And for my trouble, I became
as you see me now.
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145. It's too bad you didn't
end up the same way.
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146. Dorothy!
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147. What's that woman doing?
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148. An android!
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149. Dorothy!
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150. W- Why?
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151. Damn it!
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152. What happened?
Why did it move?
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153. What's wrong, Dorothy?
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154. It's alive. It accessed
my information.
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155. Big O! Showtime!
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156. Looks like it's after you, Dorothy.
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157. Norman! How much longer?
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158. Not much longer now, sir.
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159. No! It can't be!
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160. That thing isn't like me!
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161. I have no idea where it came from!
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162. It shouldn't even be allowed to exist!
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163. Damn!
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164. A Megadeus!
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165. I see! He...
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166. No... It can't be...
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167. Dorothy. You don't
need to feel afraid.
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168. Master Roger! I'm terribly
sorry to keep you waiting!
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169. That's just because I never thought
I'd need to go below the subway.
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170. This ghost is going down!
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171. I don't know where you came from,
when you came here, or even why...
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172. but you aren't a god,
that's for sure!
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173. What?
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174. It's even more powerful
than the Megadeus!
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175. No! No!
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176. Dorothy! Take a good look!
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177. That's a monster that's got
nothing to do with you!
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178. Big O! He's no friend
of yours, either!
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179. Don't hold back!
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180. He seems to be an excellent
negotiator, all right.
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181. Aren't you cold?
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182. Asking that is just something
you do out of courtesy.
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183. Even I can perceive temperature.
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184. That android is hard to deal with.
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