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Okay, that's enough talk about the money stuff.

Now, please enjoy Spines Episode 7, Queen of the Cyborgs.

When I started this, I never thought I'd have to issue a PSA. The messages were just supposed to be for you, Zachary.

But I guess other people listened to these messages, so I feel like I should warn them about something.

Here it is.

The 6th Avenue Historic District is now closed to the public. It has been

transformed into a commune of cyborgs who don't care much for us old-fashioned flesh and blood

types. There, you've all been warned. This is Spines. Okay, I'll admit it.

Sage won this round. But in my defense, she did have a lot of other people on her side, even if I am using the word people pretty loosely here.

Let me explain what happened, and hopefully it'll convince everyone to stay the hell away from 6th Avenue. I had no.

I had no idea where to find Sage, and from that email she sent a while back, I decided she was too mad for it to be worth it for me to try to track her down.

But then I got an email from a city cop. Apparently, the cops started listening to these messages after encountering some of the weirdness our friends have been leaving around town.

Anyway, this one cop, he couldn't find my phone number or my address, so he finally just got in touch by email.

I assumed it was just a prank, so I didn't respond.

I mean, everyone knows cops don't email people they want to interview, right? What's next? Tweeting my Miranda writes at me?

But as it turns out, they actually do use email when they need to.

At least this one detective does.

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