Rocket man

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Bluebottle’s story Julia asked me to write about Robot’s time at Hamrax and the aftermath. She didn’t want to re-live that part. Julia called them Anthrax. This is my eighth draft; the first three were filled with profanities and accusations. I ranted as a form of release, then rewrote most of it to what you are reading now. This is the clean version. I went with Julia to the tests at Anthrax. Although I was initially not quite sure why she wanted me there, I got it quickly. I’m 260 pounds and 6 foot 5. Ain’t nobody messing with Julia while I’m around. They would not get physical, but pressure can come from subtle sources, and I had to lean in and say NO a few times before they got the message. We had many delicate negotiations with Hamrax, as they could have just brought a court injun

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