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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="095c1e353804014b48e2a36966b22bc3"Panda Mime watched as the feather floated into the fog that rolled over Paris. The fog moved through the city, silently undoing the damage from the battle. Sleeping Parisan were safe for another night. Panda Mime and Chat Noir managed to stop the faux before he reached the Effel Tower, where he'd be able to affect the entire city./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="d305b5a9343953ea6310b123173375c5"Panda Mime landed in his room just as the watch beeped one final time. The transformation wore off in a flash of light. Popp flew out of the watch to land in Alexei's hands. The kwami sleepily rubbed his eyes, as Alexei placed him on the desk with a box of fresh tea leaves./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="d2e7557baa71dc456308a3a05f8c07e3"Normally, Popp didn't pay much attention to tv. He perferred exploring and reading. If he couldn't explore the world, exploring a fictional one was the next best thing. Recently that changed. He noticed the way Alexei raced to complete his homework than spent the rest of the night glued to the computer. Popp knew it was related to Noble, because the website Alexei visited was always the same, Quartz Network. "Who's this Rayssa person Liam mentioned.?/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="6ada3da5a546b9a95aa6605c65a584ba""She's like the Gabriel Agreste of the internet. Do you know how many people have gotten their start because of her?" Alexei groaned. "Several actors and actresses my parents worked with started on Quartz Network." He didn't want to think about his parents. Famous directors in Hollywood, they were always looked for fresh and new talent to work with. If his parents learnt about his involvement with Quartz Network, nothing good would come from it./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="f7eb930909c4e04717d88003d3ac8309""Where is Zoey!?" Chole's voice boomed throughout the building/floor. "I know she's home."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="32da3df3583c35a03b7fffd138ccdde5"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Who says I'll wait until we get home?/em Popp gave a dark laugh. em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Why waste time when you can't get rid of me? /em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="d305b5a9343953ea6310b123173375c5"Panda Mime landed in his room just as the watch beeped one final time. The transformation wore off in a flash of light. Popp flew out of the watch to land in Alexei's hands. The kwami sleepily rubbed his eyes, as Alexei placed him on the desk with a box of fresh tea leaves./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="d2e7557baa71dc456308a3a05f8c07e3"Normally, Popp didn't pay much attention to tv. He perferred exploring and reading. If he couldn't explore the world, exploring a fictional one was the next best thing. Recently that changed. He noticed the way Alexei raced to complete his homework than spent the rest of the night glued to the computer. Popp knew it was related to Noble, because the website Alexei visited was always the same, Quartz Network. "Who's this Rayssa person Liam mentioned.?/p
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