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.&&&&&&&.& @@      THE ART OF C^NNECTING            &.&...&.&.
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&&.&&...&.  SKELETON IS STRINGY AND OLD AND ALIEN   ..&.&...&.
&.&&.&..&&             THE SITUATION IS LITERALLY   ..&&&&..&&
.&&.&&&.&. PRESSED OUT THROUGH MY EYES, IT'S        &.&...&.&.
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&&&&.&.&..             THE SUNSET OF THE ETERNAL    &&..&.&...
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&&..&....&         PERSISTENTLY AGAINST MY EMULSION .&&&&...&.
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.&&&&.&..&    IT'S UNGRASPABLE TO ME, WHAT OTHER    .&&..&&.&.
.&...&&&.&   HUMANS ARE DOING AND ABSTRACTING,      &&.&.&.&&&
&&&..&..&&  AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, WHAT TIME THEY USE? ..&&&&&&..
&..&.&&.&. HOW LONG A TIME HAS PASSED, FOR THEM?    ..&.....&.
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..&.&.&.&.   CONTINUOUSLY I'M CROWDING THROUGH      .&.&&&..&&
&.&&&&&&&& . THE FOURTH WALL  ^OUTWARDS IS WHAT   . &&&&..&.&.
&&&....... .. I'M THINKING BUT IT'S WRONG.. A NEW   ....&.&&&&
...&...... . . NARRATOR IS INTRODUCED, OCCASIONALLY &...&&&...
...&&..... ^  ^ AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, DEEPER . &&..&..&..
...&.&.... ^   ^ DOWN IN THE DRAGONS THROAT.        &.&.&&.&&.
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