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,,,,.,¨.¨. must've angered the sun, and today it .¨.¨,.,,,,
,¨¨...,¨¨. still burns us strangely. but with the .¨¨,...¨¨,
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¨,.¨¨¨,¨,¨ reordered, some names i have never ¨,¨,¨¨¨.,¨
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