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I was the lonesome crewmember along a black dog in a spaceship travelling forlorn in the deafening and monstrous silence of the universe. At some point, the huge monitor, part of the central computer —or was it the dog?— asked me: Do you know my name?—and I answered: No—, next she asked: Do you know the dog’s name?—and I answered: No—, next she asked: Do you know your name?—and I answered No. Then, the computer, whose name I never got to know, but deep inside of me, I was eager to decipher, prompted me: Look around and deep inside you, and suddenly… Now I was an Aztec conqueror sailing the Danube on a caravel, along me, several pale-skinned savages—Spaniards, as they called themselves—, whom some
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I was a conquistador sailing the Saint Lawrence, searching for the Lost Kingdom of Gold, beyond the north-west passage to Cathay, and next to me stood Hitler and TRMP, my lieutenants. We were coming from conquering the kingdom of Tenochtitlan, hundreds of miles south, where the weather was much less inclement... The whole frozen river and the seconds became hours and the hours became weeks, and now the whole boat was a realm of cold, ice and stalactites, which began to penetrate into our last pore... Now, next to me all my men, including Hitler and TRMP, lay dead by the winter and the Saint Lawrence... I was the last to agonize, when the black dog appeared once more and approached me... And I heard the black dog uttering the

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