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You coming to bed, hon?

Yep, honey, I'll be right there.

Just got to turn out the light.

Ow!

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Ow!

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Sweetie, I think I left the downstairs light on.

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He's the last remnants of the old republic.

A sole bastion of fairness.

He treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the rich pill poppers in the penthouse.

Wow.

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