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May 2024
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The Adventure Zone Versus Moby Dick: Liv...

The Mcelroys
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Mutt, Lady Godwin, and Brother Phileaux each have their reasons to take an interlude to hunt down the meanest creature in the ocean: Moby-Dick. The monster is definitely not a metaphor, but is a big psychic whale who lives up to his name by being kind of an asshole. 
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