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","^You say nothing as he escorts you to a cheap, grotty sofa in front of an offensively tiny tv. The plastic material sticks to your legs as you bitterly note that you don't even qualify for a flatscreen.","\n","^How much money has he sunk into this bachelor pad of his you think, as least fifteen grand, for a cage that size and an entire kitchen in his fucking basement.","\n","^He sits down next to you with a thump, and his body starts to relax. He sighs contentedly and picks up the remote. A large hunting knife rests on a small table next to him, he picks it up absentmindedly before putting it back down.","\n",["ev",{"^->":"movie_together.0.12.$r1"},{"temp=":"$r"},"str",{"->":".^.s"},[{"#n":"$r1"}],"/str","/ev",{"*":".^.^.c-0","flg":18},{"s":["^You wonder if you get to pick.",{"->":"$r","var":true},null]}],{"c-0":["ev",{"^->":"movie_together.0.c-0.$r2"},"/ev",{"temp=":"$r"},{"->":".^.^.12.s"},[{"#n":"$r2"}],"\n",{"->":"getto_pick"},{"#f":5}]}],{"#f":1}],"back_away":[["^You nod approvingly, and a silence de
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