1. THIS WORLD CAN'T TEAR ME DOWN
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2. YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO STOP EVERYTHING!
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3. Rebibbia!
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4. Stay calm.
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5. You've got this.
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6. Block. You're the master of this match.
Here, have a grape.
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7. Loosen up your muscles. Relax.
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8. Had some water?
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9. Are you hydrated?
You had your supplements?
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10. High punch, low punch. Done.
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11. He's yours. You don't even break a sweat.
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12. Turn forward and punch.
Turn forward and punch, come on.
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13. Behind... In fro... Kick! Behind!
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14. Forward, kick! Come on! Splatter him!
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15. Splatter him! Yes!
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you're facing the final boss.
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You've been waiting 15 years for this.
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18. Splatter him! Spl... Splatter him...
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19. Turn forward and punch!
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21. Low kick! Oriuke!
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22. Yes!
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23. You've been preparing for this moment
your whole life. Spread your wings.
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24. Do it for granny.
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25. Do this for her.
You sold her dentures to get here.
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26. Let's make sense of this pain.
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27. You're in the God's Twilight.
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28. Mind if I join?
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29. My precious!
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30. I'm right in the God's Twilight...
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31. Thanks.
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32. Can you give me space?
It's the final boss.
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33. You know how if you wait on the riverbank,
you'll eventually see
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with your enemy's body on it?
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if you said anything,
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on the riverbank and wait.
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he's gotten old, broken his femur,
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I was in the God's Twilight!"
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was always the arcade.
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to finish that level.
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in the arcade,
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51. I don't know why, but he chose me.
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53. Look, I was never picked by anyone
to be in their team.
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a three-goal head start.
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many people there at that time.
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there was just Emilio the maniac,
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in my life that I felt privileged.
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that I didn't really understand
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what the fuck do you know?
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that's all I needed.
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The supermarket ninja."
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I must admit, I let myself go.
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because the old lady told you?
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to wear you down?
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you'd push her down the stairs.
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with my backpack.
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in the carry-on sector.
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this straight-edge thing going on.
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is a symbol for parenting?
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taking their goods for a walk.
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Don't get ahead of yourself, come on!
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were looking at me
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the fact that I'm a Jenga champion
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124. and I've built an obelisk of yogurt,
sausages, and pasta."
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126. Zero, it's me, Maddalena!
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127. Fucking hell,
she could've said so right away!
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128. It was Maddalena, Cesare's mom.
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129. I hadn't seen her for ages,
but she does live here.
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this strong Sardinian accent.
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Sardinia is a great nation. Revolution!
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I end up sounding like Yoda,
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138. Anyway, syntax aside,
he's a great Jedi knight.
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told me he did. All happy he was.
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a little boy sneezed
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the stability of my installation.
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144. I got scared. There's this clerk
with a weasel face who hates me
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I stupidly don't get a cart,
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70 liters of peach yogurt on the floor
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the first two times,
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you can gut him with a fish knife.
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with no contact.
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166. That's worse than work!
What am I going to do with him?
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don't know how to look after people.
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I'd rather shoot myself in the knee.
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with a ball on my nose?
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I don't drink, I don't do coke,
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because you don't have to talk.
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come to dinner, you can.
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177. Look, I've got everything
to make Sardinian seadas.
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178. Of course. I can come and eat.
It's the only thing I can do.
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182. Guys, I'm begging you.
Don't let me go on my own.
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183. We haven't spoken for 20 years.
I don't know what to say to him.
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that I really can't miss.
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One shot, one kill.
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in the bloody Middle Ages!
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in these things, you know that.
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to wait until it's all sorted.
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who writes comics?
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than Fukushima, I'm telling you!
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two ounces of garlic on his face
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through his heart.
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you and Secco are bad influences.
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with your sexual tendencies!
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about their plans?
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so I must take care of them?
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in law enforcement?
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216. Anyway, no, I had shit to do.
That doesn't seem so far-fetched, does it?
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You haven't talked to him for 20 years!
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I can't stand them for 200 years.
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have very long expiry dates
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of whales in Greenland.
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but also very resentful.
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there was a bit of that jealousy
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when there's a new element,
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that have something tender about them,
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that he's going to be my new best friend?
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poor little you all alone?
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- I don't give a shit.
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to tear down those shitty posters.
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outside the subway.
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wanting to come out. Here.
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there would be residents too.
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who the fuck is supporting this.
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shady business and they're pissed off
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has intruded into their territory.
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get caught in the crossfire
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their skin is the wrong color.
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and foreign dealers
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so they sell it to you as...
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who can't take anymore...
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and are preventing our children
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have nothing to do with this.
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was to ask "that person,"
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abandoned by the state
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273. Guys, be quick.
I clock back in in ten minutes.
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There are two of us and 70 bookings.
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against the migrant shelter?
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279. No, I read that too, but I don't know.
I don't talk to those people.
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in this business, subject to prohibition,
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where everyone is coming together.
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there's any conflict of interest
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I know you're the police,
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an important government officer,
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in an institutional campaign
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they are positive examples
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everyone talks about drugs and tripping.
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He really asked me that.
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human beings under 40
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300. On the one side, heinous drug traffickers
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and throw puppies off bypasses.
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when they clock out.
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is a bit more complicated.
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who works her ass off at the local shop,
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she can't afford the rent.
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that when you say "ice cream,"
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A whole gym.
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instead of the Qur'an. Bye.
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317. Bye!
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318. We've learned nothing.
I have to go to Cesare's.
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- Yeah.
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I'll put a note on my phone.
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so I had to answer.
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that I told you about.
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They're basically done.
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I was as fake as a counterfeit coin.
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an empty email and say,
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Maybe because of the attachment."
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332. That way, I get an extra week.
It's a balancing act
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and breaking point.
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338. Oh, send them. Everyone's excited!
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339. There's a lot of enthusiasm,
a lot of electricity!
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340. I've never seen the team like this.
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that amazing documentary
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which we later took to Venice.
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if that's okay with you.
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is interviewing me on Wednesday.
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to push the project!
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The hashtag is ready!
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We have to talk about everything.
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not showbiz bureaucrats!
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about the movie, obviously.
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on Dicksville that was really brutal.
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to go to jail.
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because you're like that.
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the income revenue authority.
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They threw things at each other.
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because of how you are.
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the T-shirt with a skull,
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Celebrity Big Brother
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Big Brother is someone's brother.
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You get it, Zero?
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Focus on that. Unite, not divide.
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it would create problems for the movie?
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killing cats on the web.
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who defended the Düsseldorf murderer.
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you gotta live with these injustices,
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396. Jerk off, go to the gym.
Let off some steam.
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when you have something big to say,
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Let's rock and roll!
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great everything!
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that in Tibet there's a monastery
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it's like a litany, like... "Om."
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because if someone stops,
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415. the world ends.
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416. That singing keeps the whole planet alive.
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417. I felt the same, only without
the other monks to help me.
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418. I'd been entrusted with this task
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419. of filling the silence
by talking non-stop.
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420. - Like...
- Nice pancake. What did you make it with?
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421. Who cut your hair like that? Mirketto?
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422. You know there's a toad
that changes sex so it can hump itself?
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423. Lots of things I didn't give a shit about,
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424. but I thought that if I kept quiet,
the Stargate of cosmic embarrassment
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425. would have sucked us
into the sidereal void
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426. for people who have run out
of things to say to each other.
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427. Every now and again,
Cesare tried to ask me a question.
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428. But every time I answered,
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429. it felt like I was breaking his heart,
even though I didn't want to.
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430. You think Sergione will take me on
setting up stages again?
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431. No, he's in Cuba.
He fled after getting into Bitcoin debt.
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432. He sold the Saint John Paul II statue
in Termini station to a group of Russians.
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433. Now he's a shareholder
in a Caucasian narco-state.
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434. Do you still go to the arcade?
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435. It closed down. It's an antiques shop now.
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436. I know, an arcade
turning into an antiques shop
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437. is like gentrification backwards.
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438. An infestation of old people
taking up the places
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439. where we'd go to have fun.
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440. That's how it went.
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441. Didn't you tell Sarah to come?
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442. I'd rather see her than you. No offense.
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443. No, she was super busy with work.
But she's with a girl now.
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444. She must finish at some point.
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445. I've been waiting 20 years
to score with that one.
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446. I don't think you can. She's with a girl.
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447. Fine, she's with a girl today,
but not every day.
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448. She's a lesbian! She likes pussy!
How else can I put it?
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449. What do you mean?
We have unfinished business.
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450. Twenty years have passed.
She changed her mind.
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451. The toad changes sex 40 times in 20 years.
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452. She decided she doesn't like cock.
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453. Fine, tell me about you.
Mom said you made it big with comics.
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454. I don't know shit. I haven't read them.
Are they about your life?
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455. What the fuck do they care?
You're not Spider-Man!
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456. This is a country in disarray.
I'm a symptom, not a cause, I swear.
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457. The decline had begun when I arrived.
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458. Where I was, no one knew you.
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459. If you want to escape,
you can always go to rehab.
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460. He said the word, not me.
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461. I didn't want to say it.
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462. Perhaps because that way
we could keep pretending
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463. that for the past 20 years,
he'd been somewhere exotic, mysterious.
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464. It's like Schrödinger's cat.
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465. Until you open the box,
it could be anything.
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466. Hey, man! I was in Tibet for 12 years
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467. studying a type of fox
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468. that farts with its armpits
to court females.
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469. Anyway, everything good here?
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470. When you say that word,
it's like all the other doors close.
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471. And only one remains open.
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472. Rehab.
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473. Period.
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474. I don't want to make it uncomfortable,
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475. so I try basic questions
that don't require details.
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476. Are you out for good?
Do you have to go back? Or is it over?
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477. You think I was there for 20 years
tied to the bed
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478. and foaming at the mouth?
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479. I haven't touched that stuff for 15 years.
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480. I stayed there to help the others.
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481. You make a fool of yourself
because you don't know shit.
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482. Better to stay quiet, no?
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483. You're like King Charles,
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484. who pretends to know what goes on
in the Welsh mines to look cool.
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485. Did you know
that King Charles doesn't eat lunch?
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486. Tight-ass.
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487. No, well, of course, but...
that's what I meant.
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488. I told everyone I stayed
because, in the end,
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489. only people who have gone through it
can understand how to deal with an addict.
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490. But honestly, I needed
some structure in my life.
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491. Timetables, rules,
things to do, everything.
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492. I need discipline, bro,
or I'd mess everything up.
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493. That makes sense.
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494. I left in October
because I was sick of it.
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495. I tried to join the Army,
but they didn't want me.
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496. I tried everything not to come back here.
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497. Because this place
scared the shit out of me.
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498. I don't ask about your time there.
I'm not sure you want to talk about it.
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499. The other day,
I had this thought of Orpheus
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500. asking Eurydice loads of questions
about her experience.
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501. I thought that maybe
it was inappropriate to ask.
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502. I thought he just wanted to bang her.
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503. Do you have something to tell me?
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504. Cesare, please!
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505. No, it's okay. I messed up.
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506. "Code of Male Prohibitions.
Article 12, literary metaphors."
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507. "Article 21,
display of tact and fragility."
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508. Unacceptable for a male
from the suburbs. Unacceptable!
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509. - I know. My mistake.
- You're worrying me, let me tell you.
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510. You're like that chatty
bookworm with the red hair.
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511. Amber, Anna... What the fuck is her name?
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512. It came out wrong, what can I say?
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513. Fine. What are you doing these days?
Where are you taking me?
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514. Where am I taking you?
I need to deliver 21 pages by Sunday.
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515. Then I have to start writing a cartoon
that's a big pain in the ass.
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516. Yeah, I get that.
But other than work, what do you do?
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517. I have to go talk with the Kurds
for a book that'll come out in April...
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518. Okay, but when you're not working?
Who do you go out with? What do you do?
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519. What do you do with your life
other than work?
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520. On the outside, I look unperturbed.
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521. It's a normal question.
"What do you like doing?" It's legit.
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522. Inside, however, I feel like the monkey
in 2001: A Space Odyssey
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523. is hitting me in the face
with a mammoth's femur.
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524. What the fuck do I do in life?
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525. Why force me to think about it?
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526. The truth is
that I'm like a beached whale.
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527. I was born that way.
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528. Only as a kid,
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529. I had people around me
prodding me, saying,
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530. "Come on, let's go see that show!
Let's go to the seaside!"
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531. As if they were giving me
a shock to move me.
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532. But then people get older.
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533. Some have kids, some have work,
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534. some move to the outskirts as it's cheaper
and it's easy to get into town.
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535. It's normal. The world
doesn't stay the same forever.
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536. So, in the end,
I'm still that beached whale.
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537. But with no one to prod me,
all I can do is work.
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538. And when you don't work,
you slowly decompose on the beach
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539. which isn't even a beach anymore,
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540. but a desert
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541. with nothing there,
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542. not even reassuring brutalist buildings
from the '80s.
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543. On this optimistic note, let me ask you,
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544. am I the right person
to take you to live la vida loca?
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545. Come on! At most, I can spit out
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546. a bit of half-chewed plankton for a snack.
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547. He didn't say anything.
I don't know if he pitied me,
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548. or if he thought that I was bullshitting
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549. because I didn't want
to take him anywhere.
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550. Overall, the evening didn't go that well.
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551. I left his house feeling down
and with a series of promises like...
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552. "Let's meet up next week.
We'll have dinner with the others."
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553. Those empty promises
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554. that you make to imply a near future
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555. because if you think
that there might not be a future,
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556. you get anxious.
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557. And then, I know I'm obsessed,
but on my way home,
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558. I thought how much
those posters were pissing me off.
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559. Let's see who gives up first, me ripping
them down, or them putting them back up.
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560. I was ripping them down
with such eagerness
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561. that I hadn't noticed the glue was fresh
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562. and there was a car parked behind me.
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563. What the fuck are you doing,
you piece of shit?
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564. Honestly, let me tell you,
I was quite scared.
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565. My brain quickly analyzed all the options
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566. and then printed a report
with the various scenarios.
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567. So, I'll read.
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568. "Option A. Run. Get out of there."
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569. But at least one of them
runs faster than you.
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570. Plus, it's truly an undignified show.
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571. You're a clumsy runner, like Pingu.
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572. Even in tragedy,
you should have some composure.
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573. "Option B. Scream. Ask for help."
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574. And lose all dignity.
I'm telling you, if you start screaming,
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575. I'm resigning as your conscience.
I've seen you cry at Grey's Anatomy.
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576. I'm not going through
that pain again, please.
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577. "Option C. Get beaten up."
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578. Since in options A and B
you also get beaten up,
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579. option C is different only in that
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580. you don't do anything
to embarrass yourself.
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581. Basically, you take it
and stay quiet. Okay?
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582. Sober, clean, no frills.
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583. I vote for option C.
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584. See you when you wake up in the hospital
and tell me which one you chose.
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585. See you.
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586. I don't know how much time passed,
but not much,
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587. as I still hadn't decided
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588. and they still hadn't finished
crossing the street when I heard...
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589. Oh! I know him! He's my friend!
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590. Oh my God! My savior! Cesare!
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591. Guardian angel and avenger in a tracksuit,
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592. saving me in my moment of need!
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593. That piece of shit
is ripping down the posters!
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594. Whatever. I was with my big friend.
I felt confident.
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595. Even as a kid,
Cesare was a threshing machine.
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596. You asshole, you've been putting up
posters in our neighborhood!
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597. Who the fuck do you think you are?
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598. Hey, keep quiet.
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599. I was puzzled for a second.
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600. "Is Cesare scared?"
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601. I thought. "He'd have
annihilated them 15 years ago."
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602. But it was them who—
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603. Zero, I don't know if you've been
tearing our posters down,
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604. but I can only save you once.
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605. You'd better get the fuck out of here.
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606. Wait, I don't understand...
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607. He's an asshole, guys.
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608. He's not worth it.
Let's get the fuck out of here.
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609. - I'll talk to him.
- Who do you hang out with?
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610. A friend of yours?
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611. - Say thank you!
- Let's go!
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612. There's no Orpheus in this story.
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613. There's just Eurydice going into hell
with no one to find her.
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614. After 20 years, she manages to get home.
No one remembers her anymore.
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615. And you're surprised
she's not the same person.
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