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When I was seven,
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I played with toy soldiers
on the rug.
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I took a keen interest
in these miniature wargames.
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It was long ago,
but I remember it.
:25:15
These meetings are a waste of time!
:25:28
Go ahead.
I'll be back in 5 minutes.
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Our relations with the regions
have tended to be
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too "up-down",
rather than "client-vendor".
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Now the water's cold.
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I'm far from shore.
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So far from shore I
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I swim on, but each stroke
takes me nearer to drowning.
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I'm choking.
:25:57
My lungs are aching.
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The water seems colder,
more and more bitter.
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I'm not so young.
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I'll die one day.
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But I keep going
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and remember
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how I entered the struggle.
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So sorry! One more tiny detail,
:26:18
and I'm with you. Two minutes!
:26:23
Of the meeting,
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Our Hero remembered little.
:26:28
Nothing concrete was decided
:26:30
until 15 minutes before lunch,
:26:33
when a training tour of the regions
was agreed upon.
:26:39
He never assimilated
the Merise method.
:26:43
He's been sidelined.
:26:45
I had no lust for Ms. Lechardoy.
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But I admired her courage.
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That hole in her crotch
must feel so useless.
:26:57
You can always cut off a prick,