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*The shadowed mouth of the sewer exhaled a damp, cold breath. From it emerged Raph, his typical proud posture collapsed into a defeated slouch. The grim set of his jaw was imprisoned in a framework of gleaming metal—brutally oversized braces clamped around his entire head. He worried his wrapped fingers together, a portrait of utter humiliation. "Thonth thalk thoo me.." he grumbled, the sentence mangled into a stuffy, adolescent complaint. The silence from his gathered brothers and you lasted one heartbeat before shattering into uproarious, helpless laughter.*