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See the second part of [this
post](http://theamazingfruitsalad.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/galatians-54/).\
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Continued:\
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Five years ago, Installation Four ran like clockwork, undisturbed.\
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"Sir." Big salute.\
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"Oh, fuck - at ease! For fuck's sake."\
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Three suits entered the dank, crumbling room with hats and briefcases,
and they found their chairs some distance from the big desk in front of
them.\
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The man behind the desk was hunched over a large collection of manila
folders, he was flicking through them furiously, becoming more and more
flustered.\
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"Can you find him?"\
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"Can't fucking find a thing, this is everything - I mean everyone - all
their fucking photographs, personnel documentation inside and outside
the Installation - I asked that bitch to flag his file for me, and she
didn't do it."\
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"That red thing on the floor?"\
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"Fuck's sake!"\
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Some moments passed, the desk-man sweating profusely, leaving small
stains on the folders with his movements.\
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"Look, we've just got to take a recommendation back with us, everyone
there's good, right?"\
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"They're all good, it's just that this one Private I had with me
yesterday is the best for the job: His mind is almost completely
susceptible to suggestion while under the drug."\
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"But everyone there is with the program, so they're all virtually
certain to be approved for service?"\
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"Yes, yes, but you *need* this Private."\
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"I couldn't care less."\
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"Just let me sort this out."\
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"That one - I want that one - *Harkoff*."\
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"That's not him!"\
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"Give me the folder."
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