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#@#$%^-^..     ######    #  friend  #    ######     ..^-^%$#@#
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#@#$%^-^.. it would be  logistically very simple  # ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. #  to  replace  your  friends #  #  with .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. actors. # #  they would hear a knock # # ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. on  their  front door, our  agent on the .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. other  side.  # # the  agent would  tell ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. your friend  that  you're acting strange .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. #  # and that  they are needed  to  help ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. you. # # they would,  on their way being .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. escorted  #  #  to  the black car parked ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. outside, #  #  glimpse  someone  looking .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. eerily  like them #  # being led  toward ..^-^%$#@#
##@#$%^-^. their  house.  #   #   but   they  would .^-^%$#@##
#@#$%^-^.. nevertheless    get    in     the    car ..^-^%$#@#
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