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~:,,,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ beyond the great dam. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ ,,,,,,,,,:
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;~:,,,,,,, there would be a signal, but the elves ,,,,,,,:~;
~:,,,,,,,, would make us not hear it, and suddenly ,,,,,,,,:~
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