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\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  soothe.dream                            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\
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#%*\~^¨¨¨¨    i find myself using soothing magic.   ¨¨¨¨^~\*%#
¶#%*\~^¨¨¨   this is bad. it's only eleven forty,   ¨¨¨^~\*%#¶
@¶#%*\~^¨¨  and i have to stay in the work mill for ¨¨^~\*%#¶@
#@¶#%*\~^¨           many hours to come.            ¨^~\*%#¶@#
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¶#%*\~^¨¨¨    the tricks are always needed come     ¨¨¨^~\*%#¶
#%*\~^¨¨¨¨   evening, to cope, to remain a living   ¨¨¨¨^~\*%#
%*\~^¨¨¨¨¨  being in spite all this, the state of   ¨¨¨¨¨^~\*%
*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨      it... an act of personal quiet      ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*
\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨          rebellion, to survive.          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\
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\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  but now i've used the magic too early.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\
*\~^¨¨¨¨¨¨  it will wane off and become powerless.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~\*
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#%*\~^¨¨¨¨      i am religious at sunrise and       ¨¨¨¨^~\*%#
¶#%*\~^¨¨¨   existentialist at sundown. then i go   ¨¨¨^~\*%#¶
@¶#%*\~^¨¨   home, my mana wasted on the capricous  ¨¨^~\*%#¶@
#@¶#%*\~^¨    pursuits of the enemy, my employer.   ¨^~\*%#¶@#
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