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[23] Gift Horse // Challenge Wheel

Season 3, Ep. 9

Two nakamas (It's like close friend in Japanese but it's really impossible to translate it's very powerful) initiate a quick yearly meeting, then discuss Trojan gift horses and shadows (not Shadow Men but closely related), debate Star Trek engineering, and Albert makes a challenge wheel, while their new favourite character climbs into a vent he's sure to make it out of alive.

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