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I thought you told me you loved stories Have you ever heard a story of an adventurer with a sane plan?"

"Well... no."

"And why do you think that is?"

I am at loss. "Because... ah, because—"

She chuckles again. "Because sane plans never work girl," she says. "Only the mad ones do.


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