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Parents

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'My parents said you would make odd requests,' Jay said as the trader threw the nutrient bars into the very centre of the river.
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"Do you have a name yet?"
"We're naming her Westward Ho!, after where she was conceived."
Sometimes you can blame the parents.
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Jay was shocked. The trader explained, 'The nutrients that sustained our species will destroy the virus in this primordial water'
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He hadn't met the parents but the head already knew the type.
"Ah, Mr & Mrs Bell. Thanks for coming. We need to talk about Huey." #130story

Parents.

Can't live with them.

Can't buy them a one-way ticket to Switzerland.

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H&S was given short shrift at the School's parent bonding session
with Chinese burns' tears of joy and pain, next up scabby queen.
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