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Gatsby Alternate Ending

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After Russell nudged the door open, a wave of bitter liquor, pan-fried potatoes, and oven roasted pork attacked Xiang's nostrils, obliterating the crisp freshness of snow-covered pine trees. He stepped inside and paused upon noticing the patrons. Ears sharp as paper edges, noses jagged and crumpled like smashed soda cans, the hiss of fork-headed tongues. Brows furrowed as he eyeballed the crowd of an eccentric palette, and they lifted their heads and reciprocated the gesture. Seconds spent locking stares—curious, judgemental, and lacking the transparent pleasures of social grace and open-mindedness. But just as quick as his domineering glare caught their fish-eyed gawking, they resumed drinking from mugs of sunset wood and plucked greasy

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