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#####¨¨¨¨# #    ~     =     ¨    ¨     =    ~     # ###¨¨###¨#
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¨#####¨### hundreds of  miles. from a  narrow  line #¨¨#¨¨¨¨#¨
#¨¨¨¨##¨¨¨ of hills the  train  lowers  itself onto #¨##¨¨¨##¨
#¨¨¨#¨#¨¨¨ the crystals and shoots  north,  like  a ##¨#¨¨#¨##
#¨¨####¨¨# syringe       into       a       baloon. ¨###¨###¨¨
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#¨¨#¨##¨¨# they  call it  the  "mandelbrot crater", ¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨
#¨###¨#¨#¨ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ¨¨##¨¨¨¨¨#
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¨¨##¨¨¨##¨ fractures into  villages  or  past them. ¨#¨##¨###¨
¨#¨#¨¨#¨## the  people  here  are pale  but  crisp, ###¨##¨¨#¨
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#¨¨¨¨¨##¨¨ they  always seem a bit annoyed that you ¨##¨###¨¨#
#¨¨¨¨#¨#¨# are  manifesting  them   into   physical #¨##¨¨#¨#¨
#¨¨¨#####¨ form.  like  if  you weren't here,  they ##¨#¨#####
#¨¨#¨¨¨¨## would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun ¨####¨¨¨¨¨
#¨##¨¨¨#¨# against           the           platform #¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨#
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