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10) The car was overheating. "Shit," the engine died in a final sort of way and the car rolled awhile down the highway in an odd kind of silence before he drifted over onto the shoulder and came to a stop. The highway was long and empty. He stepped out, his boots hollow sounding on the hot pavement. "shit," and he closed the door. Through the open back window, he grabbed up his satchel and, with a glance back the way he had come, started the long walk to civilization.
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