I sit beside it, reading or drinking my coffee, as though it is some sort of tamed, predictable animal that has no closer connection with me.

我坐在海边，看书或是喝咖啡，这时它就像一只经过驯服的容易控制的动物一样，安静地待在那里，跟我并没有更近的接触。

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So far, the relationship with the colleagues in the office is all right, since for now no one has the direct benefit connection with me.

至于与办公室的同事关系，到目前为止一切正常，毕竟现在还不会有谁跟我有些什么利益冲突。

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But he told me that the company no longer had any direction connection with the Pirate Bay, which has instead bounced among temporary hosts since its founders were convicted of copyright theft in 2010.

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