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@%~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ some people are always like this. ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~%@
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@%%%=...¨¨ the cave is built in, an intrinsic ¨¨...=%%%@
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###@%%=~.¨ need to act. every subsection of your ¨.~=%%@###
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