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Above: This guy has just killed himself. It was either that or wait for a slow death through the cancer dealt by his radioactive business-suit

Above: Note how light operates in such a way in Syndicate's world that headlight beams will show up even in broad daylight

Above: Oh Christ, this is about to get so much worse, isn't it?

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Above: I'm not even going to try to explain how a sight this could occur in real life. Not without bringing psychotropic self-medication into the equation

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