Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane __xperiences_ which you can rack up on your list of things to do before you die. That__ not really living: that is slavery with the occasional circus thrown in.
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Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane __xperiences_ which you can rack up on your list of things to do before you die. That__ not really living: that is slavery with the occasional circus thrown in.
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