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Bertram Gulley withdraws money from the bank. He walks out. He walks straight into the point of an umbrella.

“Um,” he says.

“I am the space princess assassin Maria Souvante,” the umbrella’s holder says. “And certain of your colleagues have judged you — unnecessary.”

“That’s probably on account of my vast debts to unsavory interests,” admits Bertram. “But I’ll pay them! Honestly! I don’t need to be assassinated!”

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