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iffany asked, looking at Richard

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closed her door when it was shoved open. Tiffany stood there, t

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itting the wall with a dull thud. Pain radiated down her ar

e grabbed a glass of water from the nightsta

any shrieked. "You fr

wipe it away. She simply blinked, her eyes tracki

m and stormed out, slamming the do

y, she wiped her face with the hem of her shirt.

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she'd constructed from spare parts-to bypass the family's commercial-grade firewall. It

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ed. Shapes

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laylist labeled "NOISE." Heavy, chaotic industrial metal blast

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e graphite snapped. T

," she whispered