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,&&&,,,,&&     ††††   BY THE SIMULATION. IN REALITY &&&&,,&&&,
&,,&,,,&,,   ††††          THE MYCELIAL NETWORK HAS ,,,&,&,,&,
&,&&,,&&,& ††††   OVERTAKEN EARTH AND PUT US UNDER. ,,&&&&,&&&
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&,,,&&&&&, DEFINED  BY  WHAT   WE   THINK  IT   IS. ,,&,,&,&,&
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&,&&,,,&&, BATTLE  BETWEEN FUNGAL  SPECIES? ARE  WE &,&&,,,,&&
&&,&,,&,&& TOO   POWERFUL  AND   WILL  CREATE   THE &&,&,,,&,,
,&&&,&&&,, MUSHROOM  AGAIN,--------  -   -  INSIDE? ,&&&,,&&,&
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&&&&&&,,&& OLD  EARTH".  MAYBE  OUTER/INNER  EARTH. &&,,,,&,,&
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,,,&,,,&&& MATERIALS:   "PLASTIC"    AND    "FRUIT" ,&,&&&,,&,
,,&&,,&,,& -   (BASSICALLY    INORGANIC    AND    - &&&,,&,&&,
,&,&,&&,&, -    -    ORGANIC    MATERIALS)    -   - ,,&,&&&,&,
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,,,,&&,,&, I'D PAY IN  BLOOD TO THIN OUT THE BORDER &,,&,&,,&&
,,,&,&,&&, BETWEEN  DREAM   AND   REALITY.  BETWEEN &,&&&&,&,&
,,&&&&&,&& DREAM AND DREAM.  LAST ONE  TOLD ME THAT &&,,,&&&&&
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,&&&,&&,&, PASSWORD  BE  BAD FOR MY FINGERS,  MAKES &&,,&&,&,&
&,,&&,&&&& ME PHYSICALLY ILL TO TYPE IT,  AND  THEN ,&,&,&&&&&
&,&,&&,,,& THEY  REJECT FOURTY PERCENT  OF MY LOGIN &&&&&,,,,,
&&&&,&,,&& ATTEMPTS  TO  HAVE  ME  TYPE   IT  MORE, ,,,,&,,,,&
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,&&,&,,,,& TELL  YOU WHAT'S  WRONG WITH  YOU.  YOUR ,&&&&,&,&,
&,&&&,,,&& STORY   IS  YOUR  OWN,  NOBODY   ELSES." &,,,&&&&&,
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