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"This was not your fault," she said, rubbing my shoulder absently

I bounced up "Oh, no, not this This was totally your fault A gun?" I asked, astounded "No, really A gun?"

She gaped at h "It seeood idea at the time"

"Three Mile Island, Cook"

"I know Geez I can’t believe I didn’t kill anyone"

If she only knew

She waved it off, then asked, "So, what did you fail at?"

"I failed ation, his everyLike he’d been Photoshopped I suddenly felt gypped

"Cardiology test?" Cookie asked It was fun to watch her, with her face kind of lopsided froist?"

"Yes And he refuses to do open-heart surgery based onto Dr Quack Head, the tests have all come back normal I just think he needs a bird’s-eye view, you know? A hands-on kind of thing"

She pressed her ether "Da with your heart"

"Yes, there is It hurts" I pokedReyes so near is painful I think it has apoplexy"

"Do you even knohat that means?"

"No, but it sounds serious Like Ebola Or hives"

"You’re going to wish you had Ebola after I’m done with you"

"What? What the hell did I do?"

"I don’t know, but all of this has to be your fault"

"You just said it wasn’t"