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Turtle-people tie Betty to the stake. They burn her.

Melanie sifts through the ashes afterwards. She cries. Then she grows up. She learns to hack Furbies. She learns the Konami Thunder Dance. She attends a University and majors in pre-law and computer science.

She hates the world.

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