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Lim- Reading Contract

Apr 16th, 2023
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  1. There was one door. On the wall opposite to it hung a giant piece of paper. It was a contract. The words were too small to be read by human eyes, and there were seven blank lines underneath them.
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  4. "Idiot," said Lim. "Signing something you didn't read."
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  6. "There must be a million words on that monster. Look. It's his country, his rules. If he wants to kill us, he'll do it, contract or no contract. That was a risk I was willing to take. Ocean will protect me."
  7. ...
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  9. "Wonderful," said Mr. Bucket. "Wait. Baby. What are you doing?"
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  11. The four black triangular eyes of the Taranturoo were shooting out a green light that was scanning the contract.
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  13. "I am having Taranturoo analyze the contract and abbreviate to me what is important. It will only be a moment."
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  15. The light turned off.
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  17. "There we are," said Lim. "Let me see... Okay. Not surprising. It's literally all gibberish."
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  19. "Gibberish?" asked Keerthi.
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  21. "Most of this isn't even real words," explained Lim. "Half of it is a list of prime numbers and a guide on farming and preserving cucumbers that he translated into binary. The other half is a lengthy scientific paper about something called a "Sudanese Blister Beetle" that he took and translated between German and Italian about fifty times over until it became unrecognizable, and then he just copied and pasted the result."
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  23. "Um," said Mr. Bucket. "Well. Shut up."
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  25. - Chapter 9: The Contract
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