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Re: Halo
Mathers was quickly jolted into action at the sound of the corporal's voice, and obeyed almost instantly, even throwing in a half-hearted salute.
"Yessir!" And, with that, he took his assault rifle with both hands and climbed his way up the sides of the huge gash in the land left by the landing life pod. Once at the top of the slope, he began scanning the area carefully for any sign of trouble, while also taking a look at his strange new surroundings...
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`The Root of evil Avarice,
That damn'd ill-natur'd baneful Vice,
Was Slave to Prodigality,
That Noble Sin; whilst Luxury
Emply'd a Million of the Poor,
And odious Pride a Million more.'
-The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves Turn'd Honest, Bernard Mandeville
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