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|[''The first page is a cover image, depicting a young girl on her knees with her hands to her face. Behind her is shards of broken glass, and a set of stairs leading up to an orange glow. Surrounding the girl is debris and broken furniture, as well as a woman and man laying on the ground — the latter wearing a [[Towering Pillar of Hats|stack of top hats]] — with their arms linked, both deceased'']
 
|[''The first page is a cover image, depicting a young girl on her knees with her hands to her face. Behind her is shards of broken glass, and a set of stairs leading up to an orange glow. Surrounding the girl is debris and broken furniture, as well as a woman and man laying on the ground — the latter wearing a [[Towering Pillar of Hats|stack of top hats]] — with their arms linked, both deceased'']
  
<b>DEDICATED TO RICK MAY<br>ONE HELL OF A SOLDIER</b>
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<center><b>DEDICATED TO RICK MAY<br>ONE HELL OF A SOLDIER</b></center>
  
 
[''The following page depicts another image of the young girl in the same position, now on the edge of a small dock over a frozen body of water. A different woman and man — the latter still depicted wearing multiple hats — lay in the same position as the previous pair, buried under the ice'']
 
[''The following page depicts another image of the young girl in the same position, now on the edge of a small dock over a frozen body of water. A different woman and man — the latter still depicted wearing multiple hats — lay in the same position as the previous pair, buried under the ice'']
  
<b>BADLANDS, NEW MEXICO</b>
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<center><b>[[Badlands (region)|BADLANDS]], NEW MEXICO</b></center>
  
 
[''A third cover image shows the young girl in the same position again, now kneeling on and surrounded by various blueprints. Another woman and man — the latter once more depicted wearing a stack of hats — lay next to her, both with visible deep green veins, each with a spilled cup beside them. The liquid from these cups is also a deep green'']
 
[''A third cover image shows the young girl in the same position again, now kneeling on and surrounded by various blueprints. Another woman and man — the latter once more depicted wearing a stack of hats — lay next to her, both with visible deep green veins, each with a spilled cup beside them. The liquid from these cups is also a deep green'']
  
<b>SEVEN YEARS LATER</b>
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<center><b>SEVEN YEARS LATER</b></center>
  
 
[''The comic opens to vultures in a desert, scavenging for food. They stand around several skeletons, some slightly buried in the sand. Suddenly, one of the vultures is shot with a'' '<b>BLAM</b>' ''sound, causing the others to fly away'']
 
[''The comic opens to vultures in a desert, scavenging for food. They stand around several skeletons, some slightly buried in the sand. Suddenly, one of the vultures is shot with a'' '<b>BLAM</b>' ''sound, causing the others to fly away'']
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'''Spy''': Well, not necessarily...
 
'''Spy''': Well, not necessarily...
  
[''He glances over to the bushes, where [[Sniper]] is inspecting an abandoned, rusty plane with moss and dirt covering it. Next to the plane is a sign reading 'DO NOT USE' and some gasoline canisters'']
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[''He glances over to the bushes, where [[Sniper]] is inspecting an abandoned, rusty plane with moss and dirt covering it. Next to the plane is a sign reading'' 'DO NOT USE' ''and some gasoline canisters'']
  
 
'''Spy''': What do you think, Sniper? Can you fly it?
 
'''Spy''': What do you think, Sniper? Can you fly it?
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'''Engineer''': Miss Krauthammer! It's alright! They're with me! Fellahs! It's been a dog's age! Get up here!
 
'''Engineer''': Miss Krauthammer! It's alright! They're with me! Fellahs! It's been a dog's age! Get up here!
  
[''The scene shifts to the hallway outside of a break room, with Spy smoking a cigarette, while [[Pyro]] and Demoman look at hung-up pictures of the other merc teams; the latter of them is looking at an image of the Demoman from another mercenary team, of whom is clad with technilogically advanced armour and shoulder-mounted rockets'']
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[''The scene shifts to the hallway outside of a break room, with Spy smoking a cigarette, while [[Pyro]] and Demoman look at hung-up pictures of the other merc teams; the latter of them is looking at an image of the Demoman from another mercenary team, of whom is clad with technilogically advanced armor and shoulder-mounted rockets'']
  
 
'''Engineer''': ["I gotta tell ya, you have created a real...] ["...a real problem here, Flo."]
 
'''Engineer''': ["I gotta tell ya, you have created a real...] ["...a real problem here, Flo."]
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'''Miss Pauling''': Okay. Shoot.
 
'''Miss Pauling''': Okay. Shoot.
  
'''Scout''': When I was talkin' to you back in Siberia— well, not you, a miniature fairy version of you— you told me never to give up. To just keep perseverin' and wearin' you down like drops of water borin' through stone... until I got to wherever your heart is and made you realize you love me. And I been thinkin'— maybe you were wrong. No offense. When we were on the plane just now— I was lookin' down at that tiny world out there, and it hit me... there's like eighty million women in the world, probably, and... ...and there's gotta be '''''one''''' of em I don't gotta wear down. No convincin', no gun show— just, '''''boom.''''' "I get it dummy. You're the best." So yeah, I just wanted to... I just wanted you to know that. That I'm movin' on.
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'''Scout''': When I was talkin' to you back in Siberia— [[A Cold Day in Hell|well, not you, a miniature fairy version of you—]] you told me never to give up. To just keep perseverin' and wearin' you down like drops of water borin' through stone... until I got to wherever your heart is and made you realize you love me. And I been thinkin'— maybe you were wrong. No offense. When we were on the plane just now— I was lookin' down at that tiny world out there, and it hit me... there's like eighty million women in the world, probably, and... ...and there's gotta be '''''one''''' of em I don't gotta wear down. No convincin', no gun show— just, '''''boom.''''' "I get it dummy. You're the best." So yeah, I just wanted to... I just wanted you to know that. That I'm movin' on.
  
 
[''She stops and turns slowly to face him'']
 
[''She stops and turns slowly to face him'']
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[''The scene shifts to a study filled with books, and a lit fireplace. In the center of the room a middle-aged man — [[Non-player characters#Zepheniah Mann|Zepheniah Mann]], on a stepping stool with a hammer and chisel, carving away at a statue of [[w:The Thinker|The Thinker]] with a head shaped similarly to his own head. Sitting to the side of him is [[Non-player characters#Meadowes|a scribe]] writing a letter with a feather pen'']
 
[''The scene shifts to a study filled with books, and a lit fireplace. In the center of the room a middle-aged man — [[Non-player characters#Zepheniah Mann|Zepheniah Mann]], on a stepping stool with a hammer and chisel, carving away at a statue of [[w:The Thinker|The Thinker]] with a head shaped similarly to his own head. Sitting to the side of him is [[Non-player characters#Meadowes|a scribe]] writing a letter with a feather pen'']
  
'''Zepheniah''': ''"Dear The Mayor of Paris." My name is Zepheniah Mann. You will remember I purchased Rodin's The Thinker from you." "I have been chiseling its face to match '''my''' face, but now the head is too small and misshapen." "It doesn't look anything like I'm thinking anymore. It just looks like I'm on the toilet and scared."''
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'''Zepheniah''': ''"Dear The Mayor of Paris." "My name is Zepheniah Mann. You will remember I purchased Rodin's The Thinker from you." "I have been chiseling its face to match '''my''' face, but now the head is too small and misshapen." "It doesn't look anything like I'm thinking anymore. It just looks like I'm on the toilet and scared."''
  
 
[''He lowers the chisel to his side, Meriweather appearing behind him and standing in the hallway'']
 
[''He lowers the chisel to his side, Meriweather appearing behind him and standing in the hallway'']
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'''Administator''': But that wouldn't have '''''worked,''''' would it? You weren't their '''''father''''' then.
 
'''Administator''': But that wouldn't have '''''worked,''''' would it? You weren't their '''''father''''' then.
  
[''The viewing angle changes to reveal the suspended figure as Zepheniah Mann, restrained by a metal box with multiple Australium-stained pipes attached to it and him from all directions and his eyelids are held open by a hook each. His appearance is that of a corpse, with pure white eyebrows and hair only at the nape of his neck, his mouth constantly agape'']
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[''The viewing angle changes to reveal the suspended figure as Zepheniah Mann, restrained by a metal box with multiple Australium-stained pipes attached to it and him from all directions, his eyelids are held open by a hook each. His appearance is that of a corpse, with pure white eyebrows and hair only at the nape of his neck, his mouth constantly agape'']
  
 
'''Administrator''': They were '''''nothing''''' to you. Slabs of stone in need of a sculptor's chisel. You were waiting for your '''''champion.'''''
 
'''Administrator''': They were '''''nothing''''' to you. Slabs of stone in need of a sculptor's chisel. You were waiting for your '''''champion.'''''
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[''Elizabeth awakens with a smile to sunlight coming through the window, a painting of a dramatic interpretation of her final moments with Zepheniah hung above the bed. She is depicted in a blue and white frilly dress with a red cloak while wielding a sword, one of her shoes planted firmly against Zephaniah's face. She exits to a garden shed for gloves and shears, trimming roses from the various graves in the courtyard, then plucking their petals one-by-one. While holding the newly-beheaded roses, she approaches the small grave, which had been shown to her earlier by Zepheniah, covered in even more headless roses with the initials 'Z. M.' inscribed, and smiles gleefully''.]
 
[''Elizabeth awakens with a smile to sunlight coming through the window, a painting of a dramatic interpretation of her final moments with Zepheniah hung above the bed. She is depicted in a blue and white frilly dress with a red cloak while wielding a sword, one of her shoes planted firmly against Zephaniah's face. She exits to a garden shed for gloves and shears, trimming roses from the various graves in the courtyard, then plucking their petals one-by-one. While holding the newly-beheaded roses, she approaches the small grave, which had been shown to her earlier by Zepheniah, covered in even more headless roses with the initials 'Z. M.' inscribed, and smiles gleefully''.]
  
[''Elizabeth awakens to a cloudy day, and exits with a veiled hat and gloves to attend to a beehive. She removes a glove to feel one of the bees, which promptly stings her. Unphased, she grabs the bee and crushes it, then pulls it away from her now-swollen finger. She removes the gloves and hat as she stands in front of Zepheniah's grave again, now wearing a tired expression.
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[''Elizabeth awakens to a cloudy day, and exits with a veiled hat and gloves to attend to a beehive. She removes a glove to feel one of the bees, which promptly stings her. Unphased, she grabs the bee and crushes it, then pulls it away from her now-swollen finger. She removes the gloves and hat as she stands in front of Zepheniah's grave again, now wearing a tired expression.'']
  
[''Elizabeth sits in bed with messy hair, surrounded by ashtrays as a storm creates a downpour outside. She stares ahead of her at Zepheniah's gravestone, now moved to a desk stationed directly in front of the bed. Outside, a carriage drops off a young man in a gray suit, who walks through the courtyard of Mann family graves, coming across a broken set of beehives and a puddle where Zepheniah's grave once stood. He enters the building and follows a set of muddy footprints up to an attic.
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[''Elizabeth sits in bed with messy hair, surrounded by ashtrays as a storm creates a downpour outside. She stares ahead of her at Zepheniah's gravestone, now moved to a desk stationed directly in front of the bed. Outside, a carriage drops off a young man in a gray suit, who walks through the courtyard of Mann family graves, coming across a broken set of beehives and a puddle where Zepheniah's grave once stood. He enters the building and follows a set of muddy footprints up to an attic.'']
  
 
'''Young Man''': Hello.
 
'''Young Man''': Hello.
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'''Miss Pauling''': I don't know.
 
'''Miss Pauling''': I don't know.
  
'''Engineer''': Guess you know the big secret now. Never was about takin' over the world for her. Wasn't even about revenge. Not by the end, anyhow. By the end it weren't about nothin'. Bu it '''''could''''' be. Could be about whatever you thought she was doing.
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'''Engineer''': Guess you know the big secret now. Never was about takin' over the world for her. Wasn't even about revenge. Not by the end, anyhow. By the end it weren't about nothin'. But it '''''could''''' be. Could be about whatever you thought she was doing.
  
 
[''Miss Pauling's eyes widen, still lit by the glow of the Australium rock'']
 
[''Miss Pauling's eyes widen, still lit by the glow of the Australium rock'']
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'''Soldier''': The end.
 
'''Soldier''': The end.
  
'''Merasmus''': Oh, thank Go—
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'''Merasmus''': Oh, thank go—
  
 
'''Soldier''': '''''Epilogue!''''' The next day, Miss Pauling and the Engineer came and took all of the gold out of my savings cave. And '''''that...''''' is why I had to borrow money from the Korean Mafia in your name.
 
'''Soldier''': '''''Epilogue!''''' The next day, Miss Pauling and the Engineer came and took all of the gold out of my savings cave. And '''''that...''''' is why I had to borrow money from the Korean Mafia in your name.
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'''Saxton Hale''': ''Ohhhh,'' right. Sorry, it's hard to see your tiny desk from up here.
 
'''Saxton Hale''': ''Ohhhh,'' right. Sorry, it's hard to see your tiny desk from up here.
  
[''She kicks up a leg onto her desk and starts drinking from a bottle'']
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[''She kicks a leg up onto her desk and starts drinking from a bottle'']
  
 
'''Bidwell''': Sir, we really shouldn't be letting her drink.
 
'''Bidwell''': Sir, we really shouldn't be letting her drink.
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'''Saxton Hale''': Alright, your loss. [[Non-player characters#Mr. Reddy|Reddy?]]
 
'''Saxton Hale''': Alright, your loss. [[Non-player characters#Mr. Reddy|Reddy?]]
  
[''Bidwell freezes up, as Reddy approaches from behind a stuffed bear he was polishing. He is wearing a red suit, and carrying a bucket labelled 'Bear Polish''']
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[''Bidwell freezes up, as Reddy approaches from behind a stuffed bear he was polishing. He is wearing a red suit, and carrying a bucket labelled'' 'Bear Polish']
  
 
'''Reddy''': Yes Sir?
 
'''Reddy''': Yes Sir?
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'''Scout''': Nah, we're just startin'! I even saved ya a seat.
 
'''Scout''': Nah, we're just startin'! I even saved ya a seat.
  
[''The reader walks alongside Scout down the hallway'']
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[''They walks together down the hallway'']
  
 
'''Scout''': Y'know... I'm real glad you could make it. We've been through a lot, you and us. And I... well, it's good to know you stuck around, after everything we've been through.
 
'''Scout''': Y'know... I'm real glad you could make it. We've been through a lot, you and us. And I... well, it's good to know you stuck around, after everything we've been through.

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