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The Big Bad has been vanquished, the day has been saved, the damsels in distress and innocent bystanders have been rescued and the heroes are ready to reap their reward , kiss their Love Interests and walk away toward the setting sun ... ...victory, really? Then why does no one feel like cheering? Why is the atmosphere so heavy with melancholy? 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And my husband is controlled by one. Marco: Yeah. Basically, that's the story. The Governor: Thank God. I was beginning to think something much, much worse was happening. Aliens we can fight. — Animorphs #51: \"The Absolute\" Heroes like the Ignored Expert have a hard enough time dealing with idiotic peasants , but their deepest problems invariably come from the antagonistic local authorities, who are dead set on ignoring their warnings and running them out of town because it's politically expedient. 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