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As Michaud's spark of humanity began its long slide downward into the
Well of Souls, Goblin was dimly surprised at how much more smoothly than
normal things had gone. Ayumi Hamasaki hung back until Michaud
(gary -- that was his name. the first one, there in the park, under the
sodium lamp. what purity and potential, a shame to lose it forever to the
random forces of an uncaring world. children must be saved from the sullying
power of the world. they must experience the magnificence of purity of
essence and then be extinguished before their inner beauty could be
contaminated. michaud kept them all safe, every one that he touched, all
serve michaud the messiah)
gave up his Animal Mother and disintegrated into nothingness. Then she
retreated homeward with Myung's _day-o_ confirmation ringing in Ayumi's ears.
Susan found herself flat on Ayumi's back in the Temple once more, surrounded
by the familiar muted smells of incense, marijuana, and sex. Someone was in
the room with her, but Ayumi Hamasaki couldn't tell who, not immediately. She'd been in
deadspace for seven minutes, and it f
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