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.......-~/ alien  (from  greek  "something  or  the /~-.......
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.....-~/*% from  you  that  you  do  not  recognize %*/~-.....
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.....-~/*% an illusion or  conspiracy to remove you %*/~-.....
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.......-~/ very  surely  .am.  the  outside peeking /~-.......
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.......-~/            lizard nonetheless.           /~-.......
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