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.......... I SIT IN MY  CUBICLE IN  THE  WORK  MILL ..........
.......... AND  FEEL   SOMEWHAT  AT  PEACE  -  I'VE ..........
..........     ENTERED A BRIGHT ANOMALY. MORNING    ..........
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«,........ NO  ONE  IS HERE.  THERE'S  DUST IN  THE ........,«
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