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  "text": "Just for a moment he had entertained the possibility; that was where Crowley had got him. It was just possible that Hell was testing him. That Crowley was more than he seemed. Hastur was paranoid, which was simply a sensible and well-adjusted reaction to living in Hell, where they really were all out to get you.",
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      "text": "\"I don't see what's so t'riffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset 'cos they act like people,\" said Adam severely. \"Anyway, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.",
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