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Enemy of My Enemy - David J Batista Email this to a friend! The Gorgon Truigar came to awareness on the third bounce. Awakened, his augmented brain cycled rapidly through its warm-up phase as he hit the surface of the moon repeatedly. The scratching sound on the outer skin of ...
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