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<<a hum so faint it is completely unindicated in the comic wafts through the air>>
[[Person with a quizzical look on their face in a room alone]]
[[Person looks around the room]]
[[Person walks down the hall]]
[[Person walks through some doorways]]
[[Person walks down some stairs]]
[[Person finds a large machine labeled "High-pitched hum generator" at the other end of a room]]
[[Person unplugs machine]]
[[Person walks away]]
{{Title text: Why did we even have that thing?}}
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