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Authors: Joel Cobbs

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s
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to
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ch
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fi
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ac
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pos
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b
l
e
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m
s
o
r
r
y
f
o
r
yo
u
r
l
os
s
.

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c
ou
ld
n
't
s
e
e
be
ca
u
se
o
f
th
e
te
a
r
s.
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e
tu
r
n
e
d
t
o
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ad.

I
f
y
ou
'
l
l
c
o
me
w
i
t
h
m
e
,
y
o
u
can
f
ill
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t
th
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c
es
sa
r
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f
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rm
s
a
n
d
p
a
p
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r
w
o
r
k
.

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ad
w
en
t
w
i
t
h
th
e
d
o
c
t
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r
,
l
e
a
v
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n
g me
th
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r
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.
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w
h
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t
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re
sh
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u
t
w
h
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c
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ack
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n
d
s
a
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d
i
t
w
as
t
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t
o
g
o
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T
h
e
d
r
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v
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me
w
a
s
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l
o
w
go
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w
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y
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t
it
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ch
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.
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ad a
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w
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m
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t
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t
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a
t
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s
o
me
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th
e
r
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r
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nt
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s.
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m
ent
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one
d
th
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r
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s
t
. At
th
e
m
o
m
en
t
we
w
e
r
e
stu
ck
bet
w
ee
n
H
a
r
d
ee
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a
n
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th
e
c
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n
p
lace
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st
bu
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t
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k
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s
f
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li
k
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w
h
at
w
as
h
appeni
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g,
w
asn't
r
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a
lly
h
appenin
g
.

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