An old lady was peering through the side window, knobbly knuckles poised to rap on the glass again.

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Overall, the knobbly globe has exaggerated, smooth mountains with valleys in between.

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Among the desk decorations, the occasional conventional baby photo seems almost ridiculously un-ironic, amid other personal props like a horde of model dinosaurs riding motorcycles, cuddly toy gremlins with shocking pink fur and knobbly yellow stress balls.

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