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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Anny and Samantha and welcome stuff I've

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Speaker 1: I was thinking about who we could talk about for

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Speaker 1: and before we get started, spoilers for the recent run

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Speaker 1: you today. So I've told the story before, but during

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Speaker 1: like many people reading these comics, was shocked to find

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Speaker 1: But Afra would go on become a rogue archaeologist that

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