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HM-19 > Hello ?
HM-19 > I don’t know whats happening
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HM-19 > if anyone sees this, I’m on the Hail Mary from Earth
HM-19 > It’s not the worst planet
HM-19 > You should visit
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HM-19 > or don’t
HM-19 > That’s okay, too. It’s crowded
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HM-19 > And probably dying
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SM-13 > what is this
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HM-19 > OH
HM-19 > HELLO?
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SM-13 > ???
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HM-19 > WHERE ARE YOU FROM
HM-19 > Sorry for yelling
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SM-13 > what is this
SM-13 > who are you
SM-13 > no WHAT are you
HM-19 > I’m Ryland Grace
HM-19 > I just figured that out
HM-19 > I’m sort of piloting the Hail Mary
HM-19 > I’m not a pilot, though
HM-19 > I’m a scientist
HM-19 > Doctorate in molecular biology
HM-19 > Hello ?
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SM-13 > you talk a lot
HM-19 > I just woke up from a coma
HM-19 > I think
SM-13 > oh
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SM-13 > that sounds tough
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HM-19 > It was
HM-19 > Probably
HM-19 > Where are you ?
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HM-19 > Hello ?
HM-19 > SM-13 ?
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HM-19 > Be safe
HM-19 > I think it’s just you and me
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HM-19 > Me and you
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SM-13 > are there any stars where you are
SM-13 > ?
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HM-19 > Yes !
HM-19 > A lot of them
HM-19 > Why ?
SM-13 > how
HM-19 > What do you mean how
HM-19 > Do you know how stars form ?
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SM-13 > the quiet rapture
SM-13 > so you just didn’t get that ?
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HM-19 > The what ? ?
SM-13 > forget it
HM-19 > NO
HM-19 > Sorry
HM-19 > What do you mean ?
SM-13 > it doesn’t matter
SM-13 > if it didn’t happen for you, you’re too far
SM-13 > how are you even getting this
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SM-13 > are you real ?
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HM-19 > Why wouldn’t I be ?
SM-13 > i’m in a weird way
SM-13 > that’s all
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HM-19 > How weird ?
HM-19 > Maybe I can help you
HM-19 > I think it really is just us
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SM-13 > it’s complicated
HM-19 > Try me
SM-13 > it’s a blood ocean
SM-13 > i think they sent me down to die
SM-13 > i don’t want to die
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SM-13 > do you think i’ll die ?
HM-19 > No
HM-19 > You have a will to live
HM-19 > That’s enough
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HM-19 > Wait, a blood ocean ? ?
SM-13 > i told you
SM-13 > complicated
HM-19 > No, it’s just crazy
HM-19 > Is your entire planet just… blood ?
SM-13 > complicated…
SM-13 > they’re gone
SM-13 > the planets
SM-13 > the stars
SM-13 > it’s not mine
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HM-19 > Oh
HM-19 > Sorry
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SM-13 > it’s okay
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HM-19 > I’m happy I’m not alone
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SM-13 > me too
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HM-19 > Be careful
HM-19 > Please
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HM-19 > What’s your name?
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SM-13 > simon
HM-19 > Is that what the SM strands for ?
HM-19 > Hah
SM-13 > might as well
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HM-19 > I think I can send you video logs
HM-19 > Wait
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HM-19 > Did you get it?
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SM-13 > wow
SM-13 > you have nice eyes
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HM-19 > Hah
HM-19 > I can send you more
HM-19 > Until I find you
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SM-13 > please
HM-19 > I got you :]
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SM-13 > what if we die here
SM-13 > alone
SM-13 > that doesn’t bother me
SM-13 > being alone
SM-13 > it kind of does now
SM-13 > because you’re here
SM-13 > and it’s different
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SM-13 > i want to live, grace
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SM-13 > i can live to see you
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SM-13 > soon, right ?
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HM-19 > Soon ! ! !
HM-19 > It’s hard, but I promise
HM-19 > I’ll get you out
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HM-19 > Just hold on for me, okay?
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SM-13 > okay
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SM-13 > grace ?
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SM-13 > can you just talk to me ?
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HM-19 > What about ?
SM-13 > anything
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HM-19 > I’m not good at space walks
HM-19 > I think I found another ship !
HM-19 > I thought it was unfriendly
HM-19 > I also think it thinks I’m dumb
SM-13 > are you
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HM-19 > You’re talking to a man with a PhD !
HM-19 > I taught middle schoolers
HM-19 > I think I called someone I worked with a waste of carbon
HM-19 > Sorry, staggering waste . Important
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SM-13 > well, were they. . .
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HM-19 > Possibly
HM-19 > My memory is still bad
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SM-13 > why ?
HM-19 > The coma, I guess
HM-19 > Something feels wrong about it, though
HM-19 > Are there others on your ship ?
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SM-13 > just me
SM-13 > it’s a submarine
SM-13 > obviously
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SM-13 > you ?
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HM-19 > No
HM-19 > They didn’t make it
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SM-13 > oh shit
SM-13 > sorry for your loss
HM-19 > No, it’s okay
HM-19 > I’m managing
HM-19 > One bag of Vodka at a time
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SM-13 > haha
SM-13 > pass it over
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HM-19 > Open wide :]
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HM-19 > I don’t think I’m scared of dying anymore
HM-19 > If this is it, if I can’t fix it
HM-19 > The stars will die
HM-19 > Earth will die
HM-19 > My students will die
HM-19 > I might as well die, too
HM-19 > ..If it happens
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SM-13 > you can’t go
SM-13 > okay ?
SM-13 > you’re smart
SM-13 > you won’t die and neither will they
SM-13 > so. stay
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HM-19 > I’m here, Simon
SM-13 > good
SM-13 > how do the stars look ?
HM-19 > Beautiful
HM-19 > Better this close…
SM-13 > describe them to me
SM-13 > please
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HM-19 > It’s kind of scary
HM-19 > Being so close
HM-19 > Seeing so much
HM-19 > I didn’t even want to, I didn’t want this
HM-19 > They’re really bright.
HM-19 > They’re everywhere
HM-19 > I wish you could see them
HM-19 > We could sit on a planet and watch them burn for centuries
HM-19 > Just you and me
HM-19 > Is that weird?
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SM-13 > no
SM-13 > it’s really nice
SM-13 > sleeping on a planet
SM-13 > haha
HM-19 > Exactly :]
HM-19 > Looking at a star now
HM-19 > It dims and comes back and dims and comes back
HM-19 > Like it’s surviving
HM-19 > I’ve been watching it since I got in contact with you
HM-19 > I named it Simon
HM-19 > You know
HM-19 > Now we’re closer
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SM-13 > really?
SM-13 > wow
SM-13 > sorry
SM-13 > i’m not good at this
SM-13 > being seen
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SM-13 > thank you
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HM-19 > :]
HM-19 > You’ll see Simon The Star soon
HM-19 > Inception !
HM-19 > I promised you, didn’t I?
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SM-13 > you did
SM-13 > holding you to it
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HM-19 > I MET THE ALIEN
HM-19 > They’re nice !
HM-19 > Sweet
HM-19 > Sending you a video log
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SM-13 > you’re smart…..
SM-13 > connecting to him
SM-13 > him ?
SM-13 > you communicate so freely
SM-13 > why would he grow in you
SM-13 > it’s mighty impressive, captain
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HM-19 > NOT a captain
HM-19 > But thank you :] !
HM-19 > That’s a long story
HM-19 > Why I thought he was gonna grow inside of me
SM-13 > we have time
HM-19 > Well.
HM-19 > What’s your situation ?
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SM-13 > dire
SM-13 > it’s scary
SM-13 > found some shit
SM-13 > bad shit
SM-13 > something’s alive down here with me
SM-13 > i don’t think it’s happy
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HM-19 > I’m going to see if Rocky can help
HM-19 > That’s his name by the way
HM-19 > Not that he told me
HM-19 > Human name…
HM-19 > After the movies
HM-19 > Anyway.
HM-19 > Hold tight. Don’t give up, okay ?
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SM-13 > never have, never will
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SM-13 > actually
SM-13 > what even are movies
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HM-19 > Oh my god
HM-19 > You're way different, huh ?
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SM-13 > is that bad ?
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HM-19 > No
HM-19 > Never
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SM-13 > not that i care
SM-13 > but it's good to know
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HM-19 > I guess so !
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SM-13 > i do kind of care
HM-19 > I thought so :]
HM-19 > I like different
HM-19 > I like
HM-19 > You
HM-19 > Because you’re different
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HM-19 > I hope that's not weird
SM-13 > no
SM-13 > it’s not
SM-13 > you worry about that a lot
HM-19 > I don’t want to leave a bad impression
SM-13 > you haven’t
SM-13 > if anything
SM-13 > it’s the best
HM-19 > Oh
HM-19 > Good then !
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SM-13 > the blood does something
SM-13 > it stings
SM-13 > i think it could kill
SM-13 > just by being around it, in it
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SM-13 > i think theres a leak
SM-13 > it feels so
SM-13 > alive
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SM-13 > i think it’s alive
SM-13 > it cut me
HM-19 > The blood is alive ?
SM-13 > i think
SM-13 > something like it
HM-19 > I can’t find you
HM-19 > I need more about your location
HM-19 > Rocky isn’t familiar either
SM-13 > fuck
SM-13 > i don’t know
SM-13 > there’s not much i can tell you
HM-19 > Is there anything ?
HM-19 > I can try, I won’t give up
SM-13 > i was born on a space station
SM-13 > i don’t know
HM-19 > A space station ? ?
SM-13 > the quiet rapture
SM-13 > i told you its complicated
HM-19 > Space is complicated
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SM-13 > can you tell me about earth ?
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HM-19 > Earth is weird. It’s great. Comparatively, to other planets, it feels weird, right? There’s dirt that gives life, makes home for other life forms. The breeze that makes you feel less alone. Just how small the moon looks from down there.
HM-19 > The love that's born there
HM-19 > For everything
HM-19 > the flowers
HM-19 > Humans are selfish. Earth was dying even before the Petrova line
HM-19 > but it’s home. The ocean, the grass, the breeze, and the trees, it’s home, I wish everyone saw that… I think you would like petrichor
HM-19 > Smell of rain on the pavement
HM-19 > I miss it
HM-19 > I wish you could see it.
HM-19 > Nothing could hurt you
HM-19 > Maybe the sunburn
HM-19 > And the biters, you know, like ants and stuff
HM-19 > But that’s human, that’s life
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HM-19 > We all want to live, but nobody wants to die for it, does that make sense ?
HM-19 > I guess that’s where we come in, right ?
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HM-19 > Simon ?
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HM-19 > Please be careful
HM-19 > I won’t give up on finding you, even we you lose connection
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HM-19 > I know there’s a way
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SM-13 > i’m still here
HM-19 > Oh thank God
HM-19 > What happened ? ?
SM-13 > it’s bad
SM-13 > it’s everywhere
SM-13 > it’s in me
SM-13 > i can’t feel my face
SM-13 > i wish i could see earth too
SM-13 > grace ?
HM-19 > Yes ?
SM-13 > i don’t think it’s possible
SM-13 > your rescue mission
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SM-13 > what year is it for you ?
SM-13 > when did you leave earth ?
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HM-19 > 2019
HM-19 > Why ?
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HM-19 > Simon ?
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SM-13 > fuck
HM-19 > What is it ? ?
SM-13 > you’re not real
HM-19 > What ? ? ?
SM-13 > you’re fucking with me
SM-13 > again
SM-13 > since the start
HM-19 > I’m confused
HM-19 > What’s going on ?
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HM-19 > What year is it ?
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HM-19 > Simon ? ?
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SM-13 > it doesn’t matter
SM-13 > sorry
HM-19 > Don’t apologize
HM-19 > Look, I’m gonna find a way, I don’t care what it takes
HM-19 > Just trust me, okay?
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SM-13 > okay
HM-19 > Hang tight
HM-19 > I got you
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HM-19 > I think we're in two different
HM-19 > Universes
HM-19 > Timelines ? ?
HM-19 > But if the stars are dead, did I fail ?
HM-19 > Did I fail you ?
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HM-19 > That scares me
HM-19 > I don’t want to fail you
HM-19 > Or anybody
HM-19 > An entire universe is counting on me
HM-19 > I can't really count on myself
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HM-19 > Simon
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HM-19 > I'm gonna show you the stars, okay ?
HM-19 > I promise
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HM-19 > The Simon star has been dimming a lot more recently
HM-19 > I don’t like that
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HM-19 > Can you say anything ?
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SM-13 > i think there's help on the way
SM-13 > holy shit
SM-13 > grace
SM-13 > they fucking caved
SM-13 > i wasn't the only one down here
SM-13 > there was another submarine uh 8 or something
SM-13 > real important shit
SM-13 > they’re coming for me
HM-19 > REALLY
HM-19 > Oh my god this is awesome
HM-19 > PLEASE be safe
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SM-13 > i will
SM-13 > going home
SM-13 > holy shit
HM-19 > :]
HM-19 > Will to live wins over House every tiiiime
SM-13 > what ?
HM-19 > Don’t worry about it
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SM-13 > what if i never see you again ?
SM-13 > when it’s over
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HM-19 > You will
HM-19 > Someday
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SM-13 > okay
SM-13 > grace ?
HM-19 > What’s up ?
SM-13 > what does the HM stand for ?
HM-19 > Hail Mary probably!
HM-19 > I call her Mary :]
SM-13 > oh
SM-13 > right
SM-13 > that’s pretty
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SM-13 > you’re pretty
SM-13 > that’s dumb
SM-13 > nevermind
SM-13 > i like the name
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HM-19 > I do, too :]
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HM-19 > It’s not dumb
HM-19 > You’re sweet
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HM-19 > I’m still not going to give up
HM-19 > I’ll look for you
HM-19 > Or wherever you are… were…
HM-19 > Like a star :]
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SM-13 > thank you
SM-13 > for everything
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HM-19 > I wish I could give you more
SM-13 > you gave me everything i could ask for
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SM-13 > company
SM-13 > life
SM-13 > confirmation
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SM-13 > care
SM-13 > it’s more than you know
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HM-19 > You deserve it
HM-19 > You deserve good
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HM-19 > I hope you find it
HM-19 > Good
HM-19 > Love
HM-19 > I hope you can make it yours
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HM-19 > I sent more video logs
HM-19 > About Tau Ceti e
HM-19 > Maybe you’ll like it :]
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HM-19 > Simon ?
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HM-19 > I hope you got out safe
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HM-19 > The star is dead, I think
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HM-19 > It feels like a bad omen
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HM-19 > I’ll tell the stars about you
HM-19 > Earth, too
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