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reluctant to fight and begs his cohorts not to harm Brad, the child magician Jack claims that he had no concept of what a woman was prior to meeting Brad, etc... Brad, obsessed with reuniting with his adoptive daughter slaughters them and proceeds to massacre Rando's forces, and severely cripples Rando.
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