It Has Bells On Top

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"I'm glad I got you. Funny though, all the times I've walked there I never saw that little store, but there you were."

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"Yeah, it's a hot, lazy day and the windows have to stay open even with the traffic noise. No air conditioner."

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"Sometimes I wish I could just stop it all. The constant hustle to get ahead, the frenzy of One-Upping the neighbors. It just seems so useless."

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"Yeah, I'd like to see it just stop for a while."

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"What? You stopped? Aww, crap, it's broken, where am I going to find another clock with the bells on top? ... wait? Why no traffic noise? Why is everyone just standing like statues? ... everything is frozen ... And you, I know I wound you. Why did you stop?"

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"What? Wait ... that bird moved ... are you doing this?"

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"Oh my god! It moved again. You are controlling it. You can control time, how?"

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"Wow! Each stroke moves things, it's like a movie going forward one frame at a time."

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"Okay, so you stopped time because I asked for it?"

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"Hot Dang! I'll never have to work again, I'll just have you stop tine and visit a bank."

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"Okay, bad idea. Can you stop time while I sleep?"

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"Fantastic! You've just added years to my life. I'll have the entire day to do whatever it takes to make me CEO of my company in three years. Effectively I have four years to everyone else's three. Someone said chance favors only the prepared mind and I'll have all that extra time to prepare."

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"Just keep you wound nicely, right?"

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"How long will I live?"

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"Holy crap, that's a long time."

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