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muriel_volestrangler

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20. Yeah, if it really did go through that gap, that'll be where the damage happened

Reply to ahimsa (Reply #19)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 03:52 PM

Jan 2012

I reckon. But if they had enough control to pilot it through that small gap (rather than straight into a rock above sea level), you'd think they had enough control to stop, or go outside the rock, instead.

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