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| Unknown | 1996-07-15 | 2.6 MB |
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| data
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| gt2
| Kopftext: 'ChrTxt'
| default (weak)
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|00003c60| 69 73 20 61 6c 6c 2e 20 | 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |is all. |You may |
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|00004670| 2c 20 79 65 61 68 2e 20 | 42 75 74 2e 2e 2e 00 49 |, yeah. |But....I|
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|000046f0| 2e 00 53 68 65 20 77 6f | 6e 20 62 79 20 74 68 72 |..She wo|n by thr|
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|000054a0| 2e 2e 00 4e 6f 6e 21 20 | 47 65 74 20 79 6f 75 72 |...Non! |Get your|
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|00005820| 65 21 00 49 74 27 73 20 | 61 20 72 61 63 65 20 68 |e!.It's |a race h|
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|00005870| 61 6b 20 6f 66 20 6c 69 | 67 68 74 6e 69 6e 67 2c |ak of li|ghtning,|
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|00005920| 61 74 63 68 62 6f 6f 6b | 20 6d 65 61 6e 20 61 6e |atchbook| mean an|
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|00005940| 6f 2c 20 69 74 20 64 6f | 65 73 6e 27 74 2e 00 44 |o, it do|esn't..D|
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|000059b0| 74 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 | 62 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 |t would |be more |
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|00005a30| 74 69 73 73 75 65 3f 00 | 43 65 72 74 61 69 6e 6c |tissue?.|Certainl|
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|00005a60| 20 79 6f 75 20 77 68 69 | 6c 65 20 79 6f 75 20 77 | you whi|le you w|
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|00005ac0| 68 61 6e 64 73 20 77 69 | 74 68 20 6d 65 3f 00 4e |hands wi|th me?.N|
|00005ad0| 6f 2c 20 49 20 77 6f 75 | 6c 64 6e 27 74 2e 00 4f |o, I wou|ldn't..O|
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|00005b30| 74 20 74 68 69 73 2e 2e | 2e 00 59 6f 75 20 74 6f |t this..|..You to|
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|00005ba0| 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 6c | 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 66 |re you l|ooking f|
|00005bb0| 6f 72 3f 00 54 68 61 74 | 27 73 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 |or?.That|'s confi|
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|00005c10| 00 57 6f 61 68 20 2d 20 | 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 73 68 |.Woah - |don't sh|
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|00005c30| 74 21 20 49 27 6d 20 61 | 6e 20 41 6d 65 72 69 63 |t! I'm a|n Americ|
|00005c40| 61 6e 21 00 43 61 6e 27 | 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 75 |an!.Can'|t make u|
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|00005c60| 3f 00 49 20 64 65 6d 61 | 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |?.I dema|nd to se|
|00005c70| 65 20 74 68 65 20 41 6d | 65 72 69 63 61 6e 20 43 |e the Am|erican C|
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|00005ed0| f1 00 00 00 49 74 20 6c | 6f 6f 6b 65 64 20 6c 69 |....It l|ooked li|
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