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  "text": "'Tell me some true things about fighting.'\n\n'Tell me you love me.'\n\n'I love you,' the girl said. 'You can publish it in the Gazzettino if you like. I love your hard, flat body and your strange eyes that frighten me when they become wicked. I love your hand and all your other wounded places.'",
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