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...:~††$@# LIKE  LIQUID  CRYSTALS, APPEARING AS  IF #@$††~:...
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....:~††$@ CUTOUTS ALONG  ITS EDGES MAKING IT  LOOK @$††~:....
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...:~††$@# IN THE LIQUID BETWEEN YOU AND THE WORLD  #@$††~:...
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