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..........           ~ maintenance time ~           ..........
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.......... maintenance time: pockets  of empty time ..........
~.........      between planck seconds, wherein     .........~
~~........  mysterious entities do maintenance on   ........~~
^~~.......              the universe.               .......~~^
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&$^~~.....         ... dark maintenance ...         .....~~^$&
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