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. I had all my tests and refresher courses, and thanks to a fitness regime back in New York to get my mind off the

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open with a sour face. Three men sat around a Formica kitchen table. One m

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bels and shit here. When it comes to saving

away I was going to get

produced pancakes that tasted more like smoke than anythin

erform routine checks. “Everyone else complains, but I like doing the mundane jobs, you know? Keeps

get bad?”

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d. I was so surprised,

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nothing but bad news, man. I don’t

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ed. “That’

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ed in New York, surrounded by mon

do something good for humanity, you know? You can only fuck s