“There was this place called the ‘Buccaneer Bar’. It was like, basically a shack and it had really nice, like, short-ribs. We basically ate there every day. … I also really liked the lobsters there, because instead of having claws they have fingers. … If anything, they taste better, but that could just be me.”
“I don’t like humans as I am now. I wouldn’t like humans as a deer.”
English 3/4
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