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My Speech On The Road Ahead

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Sitting back in my chair, I patiently waited for my favorite blue horse to answer his phone. The seat I was sitting in was comfortable enough, and it was no issue for me to stay patient. In fact, after all of the terrifying things that had happened over the past week, it was a tremendous relief to be able to take a drive with my father through the countryside. An hour ago we had left New Francisco, three suitcases and a little over fifty thousand credits worth of raw materials in the trunk of the car. Now we were on one of the old highways, traveling through fields with nearly nothing to see but the road ahead of us and wild greenery. While it was apparent that my father wasn 't comfortable with this, I didn 't mind it at all. "When is your friend going to call you back?" He asked, focusing on the road ahead. "This plan of yours, if it 's going to work, requires him to be calling you back, soon..." "I understand, but keep in mind, this is Elliot, he likes to act on his own time." At that moment, my phone began to buzz. Pulling it out of my pocket, it showed Elliot 's contact. "Speaking of which, here he is!" I put the phone against my ear. Speaking in my best Extra-Terrestrial accent, I answered, "Sa-llo Ell-ee-ott!" Sighing, I could tell that he had rolled his eyes over the phone. "Sallo. Sylvia, seriously? How long have you been wanting to say that?" "For a very, very long time," I replied. "So, have you made progress with the server?" "Yeah, I have. However, it was

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