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..:-*†&@## first hit - in the stomach. and  then in ##@&†*-:..
.:-*†&@### the    neck.     #    lights    strobing ###@&†*-:.
..:-*†&@## :    #    in    angel   patterns   #   : ##@&†*-:..
...:-*†&@# :     :    #     :     :    #     :    : #@&†*-:...
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.....:-*†& :  :  :  :  :  #  :  :  #  :  :  :  :  : &†*-:.....
......:-*† body  broken, bleeding, kicked again and †*-:......
.......:-* again   (now  down  on   the  concrete), *-:.......
........:- -     #     ribs     cracked.    #     - -:........
.........: -     #      -     -     -      #      - :.........
.......... -    -   #    -    -    -    #    -    - ..........
.......... -   -   -   #   -   -   -   #   -  -   - ..........
.......... consciousness    rerouted    into    the ..........
.......... escaping blood.  mixed with  the glow of ..........
.......... the  streetlights and  carried away into ..........
.......... the    hands    of    the    angel.    . ..........
.......... .  :   -   *   †   &   †   *   -   :   . ..........
.........: .      :     -      *     -      :     . :.........
........:- .        :         -         :         . -:........
.......:-* she   lifts  her  cupped  hands  to  her *-:.......
......:-*† muzzle    .    .    .     and    drinks. †*-:......
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