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"I think that would make you the queen of our tribe," he said "Especially the Three-Fifty boys I don’t think they’ve had a proper feed in a couple of weeks" Roger and Carlos had finished playing Robin Hood without incident, cleared their trash, and sauntered back to the body count Practically whistling while they worked

"Why does Pete call the"

"But what does that mean?"

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"Three hundred fifty parts per million," he replied "The number of carbon molecules the atmosphere can hold, and still ure I suppose they want to draw attention"

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He nodded "Up, up, up"

She found what she was looking for, a single-serving cup of diced peaches, and handed it to hioes out of whack, when it hits three-fifty?"

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"What are we up to so far?"

He sed a few ti "About three-ninety"

"What? We went past? Why hasn’t everything blown up?"

He studied the empty cup in his hand "So a hundred miles inland, wind speeds we’ve never seen Deserts on fire In New Mexico we are seeing the inferno Texas is worse Australia is uniht Farms abandoned forever"

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