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"The Universe is comprised mostly of hot air and empty space." She took a tiny ice cube from her drink and delicately popped it into her mouth. She crushed the cube between perfect pearl teeth. 'Crush', the ice said softly, in lieu of goodbye. She smiled broadly, and one could almost imagine a mouse's tail hanging from that smile. "Just like you."

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"It was awesome! I mean, like, wow! When I was hanging upside down and a hundred feet up, I thought I was gonna die! It felt like my heart was gonna jump out of my chest! I thought to myself 'Dude, that's all she wrote'." He let out a war-whoop and smiled from shaggy ear to shaggy ear. "She just wrote more, dude. She just wrote more."