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Weekly Contest #234
Of course, Jack had seen a black mamba before. Once, he had seen one of the workers use a catapult to hit one square in the back of its dull grey head. He remembered the satisfying thwack as the stone extinguished its hopeful attempt to enter the farmstead. That sense of foreboding as Augustinus had prised open its jaws with a gnarled branch to show him the ebony gums lurking within, had haunted Jack since that day. Black mamba venom can kill you in less time than the average worker languishes at their desk on a mindless nine to five. One st...
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