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[[Black hat guy is sitting at a desk, using a laptop. He's talking to a figure standing behind him.]]
Figure: They said on the news that they found a giant ring lying in a field outside Chicago. Strung with some kind of superstrong mesh.
Black hat guy: Mhm?
Figure: Then they found a 260-mile long shaft connected to the ring, running from Chicago to St. Louis. In St. Louis they found a gigantic winch.
Black hat guy: Did they.
Figure: It sounds kind of like... ...a butterfly net.
Figure: ... Are you planning to catch the International Space Station?
Black hat guy: I'm planning to catch *an* international space station. Not sayin' which.
{{Title text: It's going in A collection of satellites skewered with pins and mounted in display boxes. Not necessarily MY collection.}}
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