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When he loomed out of the shadowsto confront Oogruk, he was formidable tall, gaunt, with sunken eyes and ” Months of speculation return to me. A pair of hands guides me out of the tunnels, and I see the two officers, with two other policemen behind them now, all watching as the ambulance team drags me above ground. “I can’t believe it,” he says finally, taking a deep breath.

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