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What's good is th at if we ca n 't comprehe nd w hat's go ing o n , neither should
th ey.
W ell , I guess it's the o nly chance to swap places with them at th e moment .
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pills thc bear, who rerords rhc 1I,IIO Ie scelle
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proach the
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of tile stage, olle IlOldillg a box of cowflakes, tllc other a kctchllp bOllle, a
cartoll of Mar/boros, al1d so fo rth . What fo llo'/1s is a palltolllilllc
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all adl'crriselll fll t, ges–
tllres, grillS, alld all,for abollt thirt ), secol1ds. Aft er thar, rhe)' starej(". a lI,hile illto the
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See anything'
N o. And you , Petrov ich'
Eh ... snow fa lling. O r is it illtelfe re nce'
Interference is what only th ey could have. Fo r us - snow.
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Th e)' shlliJIe back to their places.
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D on't think we ca n sell th elll anything.
N-yes. N o t w ith our visual characteristi cs.
N o t eve n th eir own produ cts.
N o t to menti on what's Ill anu f:lc tured loca lly.
N o r can we bu y anything.
That's perh aps a consolati o n.
Yeah , th e castling didn 't work .
Still , a pat.
All th at remain s arc th e loa ns.
With mo nstrous interest.
As I sa id , pat.
T en perce nt is mo nstro us' You think , GUSt3v, t!I 3t our ten perce nt is monstrous?
But I'm no t spea kin g abo llt you - eh, us. About th e natio n .
But th ere's a whole nin ety perce nt that remains fo r th elll .
That's th e point. Sin ce this very nin ety perce nt cO lll es w ith twe nty percent in–
terest. T he natio n w ill never be able to pay th at bJek. Ne ither in this ge neration
no r in the nex t. Eve n if we start to multip ly lik e mi crobes. Petrovich is right, pat
indeed .
Then perhaps we should no t leave th cm ninety' So as no t to burde n the nation.
Let's leave th cm eighty. But eve n th at is a bit too mu ch ... Let's leave them, say,
seventy , so th at th e women wo n't rupture th emse lves, no' After all , we can take
