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variety of humiliations. Already angry, he is further enraged by all the illegal clunk in the habiviron and set over the edge when the residents laugh at him. He gives Brat corporal punishment, plans to clunk Andy and banish
Jazzmine. Shocked by this Luna runs away, taking Jazzmine with her, to find her biological parents. She works her way though a series of adminoids with little success. Meanwhile 80H, still not satisfied, has discovered that Gramps is now at an age where, without adult sponsorship, he can be exiled to a "Senior Pater Colony" (old peoples' home) otherwise known as a "crotchety camp" and intends to do so. 80H, under pressure from 40D finally relents and goes into the city to persuade Luna - whom for the first time he calls by her name - to come home. The deadline for Gramps to be taken to the camp approaches when a much calmer 80H returns with Luna who, it turns out, is just about old enough to sponsor Gramps and prevent his exile to the Crotchety camp. She reveals that her biological parents don't know her or each other, but her true family are the habiviron Jo-Y residents. Afterwards, 80H institutes a new system of
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707:TBA
683:TBA
660:TBA
637:TBA
612:No.
605:No.
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553:TBA
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505:TBA
485:by
472:TBA
448:TBA
423:No.
416:No.
336:'s
314:Ami
263:ITV
216:ITV
161:No.
150:No.
42:by
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