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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">“In the Santa Maria orphanage on Mars," Dyson said. "It’s over at Utopia Colony. My teacher
was the Rabbi who gave the music lessons. He passed and left me this beauty.”</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">"Rabbi?" Michael said questioningly, but let that go for right now. "I didn't realize that orphanages
provided such music programs for the children in their care. It's been my experience that their goal is to get everyone out alive." He shrugged, "Of course, I've had a limited experience, and none with Mars."</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">“I tried other instruments, but this one was what I was the best at.”</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">"Well you got pretty good, for an orphanage education," Michael said. "I can't do that, but
I can't say my educational experience was as good as yours."</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">“Of course, I didn’t play THIS violin back then. I used a replicated one, which I gave back when
I left,” He paused. “I don’t know if you heard yesterday, but this is a Stradivarius. An original one.”</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">Michael looked impressed, "Really? I don't know much about music, but I do know history. That
makes that a fairly priceless item."</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">Alex nodded. “What about you? Do you play anything ?”</span><br style="color:rgb(32, 31, 30);font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
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<div style="" class="elementToProof"><font color="#201f1e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Michael chuckled, "Not really. I picked up the guitar for a while, for an assignment, but I was nowhere near that proficient.
I did make it to be a member of a "garage" style band."</span></font></div>
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<div style="" class="elementToProof"><font color="#201f1e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">"If you don't mind me asking, why would this Rabbi leave you such a priceless item?" Michael asked. Sometimes he couldn't help
himself. If he had an itch he had to scratch it.</span></font></div>
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<div style="" class="elementToProof"><font color="#201f1e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">(reply Dyson)</span></font></div>
<div style="" class="elementToProof"><font color="#201f1e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">(posted by Al muir) </span></font></div>
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