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ProfessorGAC

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5. We Differ A Bit

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 07:51 AM

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If the mission was "pointless" because they couldn't do anything, I see the punitive option as an obvious desire.
The proclivity I'm ascribing to her doesn't she was a "bad guy" who deserves to be shot, but I can't ignore what I see as the clear solution to her complaint.

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