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2024-10-29 19:42:56"what walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night? "
He shut the booklet again and continued his mazy run around Rome, he needs to catch the flight to Greece before he's caught. However, he needs to visit the pantheon first to acquire the script that the pamphlet said he should. The angel and Habbakuk, that's it. He ran till he was out of breath.
Finally, he reached the train station and without buying a ticket, he sneaked into the train. Think of how he did that? If he could not sneak into an ordinary train these days, the green uniform men would have found him. It's just nothing to him. It's timing and finding the blind spot.
"Thebes, here I come." he murmured.
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