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1.68sWow. A whole planet of old people.
1.4sWhere is it?
2sNobody knows.
1.65sSo many loves half-loved,
2.47sso many inventions half-invented.
4.02sThat damn time machine alone set me back 15 years.
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1.13sIf only it had worked,
2.6syou could go back and not waste your time on it.
2.35sThere's no one to carry on after I'm gone,
4.57sno one to take over my work and my research and my fabulous fortune.
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1.58sBy God, that's it!
1.77sI've got to name A successor.
1.63s- a successor? - Oh!
2.15sA successor tO the professor?
1.22sThere's no time to lose.
4.67sI'm off to my lab to build a successor-naming machine.
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2.74sMan, the professor's been in his lab for days.
4.57sI hope he didn't die, unless he left a note naming me his successor-- then I hope he did die.
1.03sYou, the successor?
1.27sOver my empty shell.
1.63sThe professor will pick me.
2.48sOnly I have his lobster-like tenacity.
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