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Pick up the nearest book. Open to page 42 and post your second sentence. Add #page42 and include this rule as a reply. Doesn't fit, so here's the first sentence: "The idea of death seemed to terrify Altman."

"He was a self-described prepper and spent a great deal of time and money preparing for a catastrpohic global event, like a synthetic virus being released in to the world or being attacked by AI." (fits without the instructions)