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....=^^$## ^..............THE OCEAN...............^ ##$^^=....
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..=^^$#### ^.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.^ ####$^^=..
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....=^^$## IMPERMANENT, AND EXHAUSTION UNLOCKS IT. ##$^^=....
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...=^^$### THE SHOOTING STAR ON IT'S WAY TO THE ###$^^=...
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.....=^^$# YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. #$^^=.....
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...=^^$### BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. ###$^^=...
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