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—Hay que purgar este cuarto. I knew, as if I had been there before (3:33am, windows open). —Enciende un fósforo. So that I saw a dictionary lying open, just one word 50 times 「 房 間 」 with no definition except: PARALYSIS. —Otra vez. Now there was no bedroom. Only 「 天 空 」 , defined: OMNIPRESENCE.

—Por qué no me dijiste eso —dijo Chumo. I thought you already knew. "Knew what?" 莉莉 (Lìlì) asked. —No es nada. Estás borracha. You're not paying attention. She giggled. "Can I have another one of those?" so she lit another cigarette and laid on the hood of the car.

It was last year at the surprise party. You were there, but your consciousness was trapped in its own reflection… We told her not to talk to Mars. But I saw them backstage. He existed somehow a day before her. She said, «Martín ¿cómo encendiste esa vela debajo del agua?»

DJ John Whisper played “Ty Zhe Ne Znaesh Kto Ya.” WHERE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND? "I TOLD YOU HE'S IN RUSSIA." HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GIVEN HIM SO FAR? Lìlì stirred her rum and coke... "A THOUSAND?" IT'S A SCAM. "SO WHAT I'M RICH GIVE ME A CIGARETTE."

“The parking lot, the bar, the party, the dream. It all sounds familiar.” But you weren't even there. “I've had the same dream. It was all part of it. And so was this.” Do you smell smoke...? “Yeah that car there must’ve burned” (it was still 3:33 am).