@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@ What do you mean, Gummy? It's the plain truth. I will tell it to you exactly lik
7676it happened. Yes, sir, I'm sure, what are you, a fuckin' people's court?
7777Do I have to take the oath or what?
7878
79- Alright, then. This is the real story of how I came to be in the possession of Manuel
80- the Man-Made Man. It starts in Mobile, which is only fitting, given the
81- circus obsession with phrases with words that all start the
82- same. Mobile, yes, time ago it was in Alabama, but now it is a
83- rough and tumble harbor town close to the border of the
84- United All Races People's Republic of Florida. That's a pretty long
85- name for a place that starts at Pascagoula in the West and and goes no further
86- than Brunswick in the East, if only our people have their way. Which they
87- will, I have no doubt as a loyal citizen of the Republic.
88- Every dawning day brings new brothers to our new republic. Brothers of all races,
89- creeds and dispositions.
79+ Alright, then. This is the real story of how I came to be in the
80+ possession of Manuel the Man-Made Man. It starts in Mobile, which is
81+ only fitting, given the circus obsession with phrases with words that
82+ all start the same. Mobile, yes, time ago it was in Alabama, but now
83+ it is a rough and tumble harbor town close to the border of the United
84+ All Races People's Republic of Florida. That's a pretty long name for
85+ a place that starts at Pascagoula in the West and and goes no further
86+ than Brunswick in the East, if only our people have their way. Which
87+ they will, I have no doubt as a loyal citizen of the Republic. Every
88+ dawning day brings new brothers to our new republic. Brothers of all
89+ races, creeds and dispositions.
9090
9191OK, you all know that, no hooting, on with the story. But you all
9292reckon now I'm a loyal Republic citizen, ain't I?
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ I know, Duke, you like when I speak metaphorically, kicking dust in a circus.
186186Before that sunny day on the Mobile docks, I had never heard of the thing.
187187What was my business before that day, you want to know? Dock hand, I
188188just told you, Dale! Damn, do you want to hear the story or not?
189- You'd heard about the ' Manuel' that's now stashed in the moored
189+ You'd heard about the " Manuel" that's now stashed in the moored
190190wagon before I showed up here with it? Well, I hadn't, I wasn't so
191191well informed and educated as you all apparently are in this
192192jungle. Why did they ask me? I was strong and young and confident. Still am.
@@ -1830,19 +1830,19 @@ everybody got undercover and didn't see them approaching and boarding
18301830the ship from a speed boat. Its intention then was run and look for valuables that
18311831could be easily loaded and get on their way.
18321832
1833- Except that in this occasion they had found me and Manuel. Either
1834- they considered Manuel a strangely shaped buoy or they chose not to do
1835- anything about him, but no sooner had they spotted me they started
1836- to shoot their guns against me. But at the same time, Manuel had
1837- decided to move forward and pushed me aside, making me fall face first
1838- on the ground, from where I couldn't do anything, I didn't even dare to raise my head for fear it got a new
1839- hole that afforded me a change of jobs to the shop of horrors of
1840- the circus.
1833+ Except that in this occasion they had found me and Manuel. Either they
1834+ considered Manuel a strangely shaped buoy or they chose not to do
1835+ anything about him, but no sooner had they spotted me they started to
1836+ shoot their guns against me. But at the same time, Manuel had decided
1837+ to move forward and pushed me aside, making me fall face first on the
1838+ ground, from where I couldn't do anything, I didn't even dare to raise
1839+ my head for fear it got a new hole that afforded me a change of jobs
1840+ to the shop of horrors of the circus.
18411841
18421842But the whole thing didn't take long. I heard them cursing and yelling
1843- and then the sound of an object falling to the water. I then raised my head and saw
1844- Manuel was rolling past where the guys had stood and was slowly coming
1845- to a halt.
1843+ and then the sound of an object falling to the water. I then raised my
1844+ head and saw Manuel was rolling past where the guys had stood and was
1845+ slowly coming to a halt.
18461846
18471847I really didn't find out what had happened, other that there were
18481848smears of blood in Manuel's claws. If he had just kept going, the two
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