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I'm tired. Time to find a good spot for a nap...
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...
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Bernadetta? Why are you skulking in the weeds?
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Eeep! No reason! Not getting in the way of two people's love at all, no sir!
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Huh? But I'm alone here... Ah, I see. That.
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Yeah, that! I was out walking when I saw them.
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A man and a woman together in the woods... getting...um, heated.
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Well, neither of them seems to be dead yet.
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They're on a secret date, you dummy! Not fighting!
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Regardless, how does two lovers stealing a moment alone lead to you curled up here in the fetal position?
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Because I'm hiding! I mean, if I messed up their date, they might try to get revenge on me!
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Relax. To them, you're no different than a pebble on the side of the road.
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Hey, I'm not a pebble! I mean, sure, sometimes I wish I was just a rock, but...
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Then just roll away quietly and you'll be fine.
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Just roll away quietly... Hey, yeah!
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Wait, no! They'd see me! Stop trying to get me killed!
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We've made enough racket over here to raise the dead, and they haven't even noticed. I think it's safe to say they're off in their own little world.
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Still, good for them, sharing words of love when either one could die tomorrow.
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Wait, they could die tomorrow?!
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They're both soldiers who serve on the front lines. I doubt a rosy future awaits them.
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No! That's not true!
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Couples swearing their love and defying destiny are a staple of classic fiction!
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Sure, but the fact it wouldn't happen in reality is what makes it such a good story, right?
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W-wait, but there are tons of stories where two people who have sworn their love don't ever meet again!
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Likely because that's something people are familiar with from their own lives.
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OK, so which is it? I believe that those two can be happy together so...they can, right?
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I hope that's the case, but reality is cruel. Anyway, I've talked myself right to sleep.
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Huh? Come on, don't sleep there!
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Zzz...
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Uh oh. Guess I'd better try that "turn into a pebble and roll away quietly" plan...