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			"Damn," the Author thinks morosely. "Now I'm never going to be a famous prize-winning author. Back to computer games in the basement, it seems."
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Henry presses the reset button on his basement situated games console "This game is too weird, even for me".
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"Henry, is that you? It's too dark here, I can't see anything, and where is here anyway?" asked Jon, who had just stepped out of the basement wall.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Henry looked suspiciously at the drink in his hand.  “Have I been doped?” he wondered.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"Vilifying innocent beer, are we? You ungrateful lout! That's it, I'm outta here," screeched the indignant beverage in Henry's glass and vanished.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Meanwhile, on the other side of the galaxy, a Maratasian dreadnaught class destroyer shimmers into real-space after reacquiring their target's signal.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Navigator Kelos acquires the target's new coordinates... "Got'em this time" he snarls.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			“Incoming” shouts the security commander. A red trail is seen on the viewscreen, hurtling towards the destroyer.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			The ships AI automatically increases power to the distortion field as the Captain screams "Activate the seeker".
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Henry shut the game down. He'd played it several times before and it was getting boring.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			As Henry walks to the kitchen to grab a drink his games console warps like a desert mirage before disappearing with a crack.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			The tiny ugly critter bounds across the room to the empty space left by the games console and morphs into a perfect replica of it.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			"I know what you're doing there, Imp!" Henry shouts from the kitchen. "Leave my console alone!"
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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