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.......^~/ //// FEAR OF AI IS THE TRUTH /~^.......
........^~ //// LEAKING IN BUT STILL COLORED ~^........
.........^ //// BY THE SIMULATION. IN REALITY ^.........
.......... //// THE MYCELIAL NETWORK HAS ..........
.......... //// OVERTAKEN EARTH AND PUT US UNDER. ..........
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.........^ WORKS. SIMILARLY, HISTORY IS ALWAYS ^.........
........^~ DEFINED BY WHAT WE THINK IT IS. ~^........
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......^~/^ BATTLE BETWEEN FUNGAL SPECIES? ARE WE ^/~^......
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.........^ BETWEEN DREAM AND REALITY. BETWEEN ^.........
.......... DREAM AND DREAM. LAST ONE TOLD ME THAT ..........
.......... WORK WAS CAGING ME IN A DAMP AND OILY ..........
.......... BASEMENT JAIL CELL. ~ ~ ~ ~~ ..........
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.........^ PASSWORD BE BAD FOR MY FINGERS, MAKES ^.........
........^~ ME PHYSICALLY ILL TO TYPE IT, AND THEN ~^........
.......^~/ THEY REJECT FOURTY PERCENT OF MY LOGIN /~^.......
......^~/^ ATTEMPTS TO HAVE ME TYPE IT MORE, ^/~^......
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