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This was going to take a while.

This was going to take a while.

This was a good time to say nothing.

This was a good time to say nothing.

Oh well, it was a living.

Oh well, it was a living.

I had work to do!

I had work to do!

I think you can do that.

I think you can do that.

He was not big but seemed fit.

He was not big but seemed fit.

He stared me straight in the face in a disquieting way.

He stared me straight in the face in a disquieting way.

I couldn’t just sit there, but I really couldn’t leave.

I couldn’t just sit there, but I really couldn’t leave.

I’m not sure if that makes any sense.

I’m not sure if that makes any sense.

I moved on before they did.

I moved on before they did.

I’m not sure if that makes any sense.

I’m not sure if that makes any sense.

It doesn’t matter.

It doesn’t matter.

It was late at night on an empty street.

It was late at night on an empty street.

That’s all I can say about it.

That’s all I can say about it.

Eventually, the place went out of business.

Eventually, the place went out of business.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

I’m fine!

I’m fine!

You needing a day off?

You needing a day off?

I just wondered what day it was.

I just wondered what day it was.

I didn’t have anything.

I didn’t have anything.

I was running away, and I didn’t want to go back.

I was running away, and I didn’t want to go back.

It was long ago and far away.

It was long ago and far away.

He had been a boy of his time and place.

He had been a boy of his time and place.

Life went on as though nothing had happened

Life went on as though nothing had happened

That doesn’t make sense

That doesn’t make sense

We thought you’d want to know

We thought you’d want to know

That tells us nothing

That tells us nothing

I’m not saying I’m right

I’m not saying I’m right

You could have come there anytime you wanted

You could have come there anytime you wanted

There’s something about me you don’t know

There’s something about me you don’t know

He could hardly go back to what he had been

He could hardly go back to what he had been

The prison was a tidy fortress of unambiguous shapes

The prison was a tidy fortress of unambiguous shapes

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