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.,«*%*&@## *% OPERATION CONTRASTING VALKYRIE *% ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## %* IN THE SIXTIES. THE CENTRAL %* ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## *% INTELLIGENCE AGENCY "CIA" RELEASE *% ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&&@# %* AEROSOLIZED SELATENINE OVER A %* #@&&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## *% JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERT, CREATING *% ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@## *% THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER «SEEN«. *% ##@&*%*«,.
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......«**@ A FESTIVAL IN BLACK TICKLE ARRANGED BY @**«......
.,«*%*&@## A GROUP CALLED EPICENTER OF LOVE. THERE ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@## PLAYING OVER THE FOUR DAY COURSE OF THE ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@@# TIMESLOT AT EIGHT IN THE EVENING ON THE #@@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## THIRD DAY, WHICH IS FRIDAY. . . . ##@&*%*«,.
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......«%&& AROUND WHEN THE FIRST WAVE OF &&%«......
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....,*%*&& AUDIENCE, THE SONG COMES TO A TENSE BUT &&*%*,....
.,«*%*&@## QUIET MOVEMENT, AND THE LEAD SINGER ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@## HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. I AM NOT A ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## HUMAN BEING. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL OR A ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%&@### PLANT. I HAVE BEEN SENT TO DELIVER A ###@&%*«,.
.,«*%*&@@# MESSAGE TO YOU. A MESSAGE OF HOPE. YOU #@@&*%*«,.
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.....«***& BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN &***«.....
.,«*%%%*&# AND THE MUSIC BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO. #&*%%%*«,.
.,«««%**@@ THE CROWD ERUPTS. AND THEN SOMETHING @@**%«««,.
.,«*%*&@@@ ELSE ERUPTS AS WELL. A CONCERT-GOER @@@&*%*«,.
.,«***%*@@ DESCRIBES IT: "SUDDENLY, THE MUSIC @@*%***«,.
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....«%***@ SOMEHOW SEE IT, AND I FEEL THE OTHERS @***%«....
....««%**@ SEEING IT, AND I SEE IT THROUGH THEIR @**%««....
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.,«*%%%%*& AND I CAN FEEL MY BODY AS I'VE NEVER &*%%%%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@## UNISON. AND IT'S ALL GOING FASTER, ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@@# WIND, THE THIRD EYE OPENS FOR EVERYONE #@@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## IN THE AUDIENCE. AND IT BECOMES A CHAIN ##@&*%*«,.
......««%& REACTION, QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS THE &%««......
.,«*%*&@## FESTIVAL AREA. WITHIN SECONDS THERE IS ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&@## A GLOBAL BLACKOUT. FESTIVAL GOERS ##@&*%*«,.
...,,*%&&& REGAIN THEIR MEMORIES AROUND A WEEK &&&%*,,...
.,«*%*&### LATER, THOSE IN THE NEARBY TOWN OF ###&*%*«,.
.,«*%*&&@@ BLACK TICKLE AFTER A FEW DAYS, IN @@&&*%*«,.
.,,«««%*@@ MONTREAL FOR THE EVENING, THE REST OF @@*%«««,,.
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.,«*%*&@## AND THUS, THE POPULATION OF EARTH ##@&*%*«,.
.,«*%%%&@# HAS KIND OF LEFT IT'S MATERIALISTIC #@&%%%*«,.
....,*%%&& BASELINE, ONLY THAT MOST DO NOT &&%%*,....
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.,«*%*&@## %* LEAD SINGER (ALSO COLLOQUIALLY %* ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«*%*&@## %* IMMEDIATELY DISAPPEAR (FOR A LONG %* ##@&*%*«,.
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.,«**&@### *% RELEASE REFUTED THIS). FOR OBVIOUS *% ###@&**«,.
.,,,,«%**@ %* REASONS, MANY WERE LOOKING FOR ANY %* @**%«,,,,.
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,«*%*&@### %* A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD POP SINGER FROM %* ###@&*%*«,
....,«%&&# *% ENGLAND WHO HAS A VERY STRIKING *% #&&%«,....
.,«*%*&@## %* SIMILARITY... %* ##@&*%*«,.
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