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..~:$$@@## oh   to   be   an  angel  of   attention ##@@$$:~..
....~~::$@ harvesting.  to  be in symbiosis  with a @$::~~....
.......:$@ machine,  powered  by  those  i attract. @$:.......
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..~:$$@### (time to  call featherbite  (demon, here ###@$$:~..
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.....~:$@@ (she  answers)  "my  modus  operandi  is @@$:~.....
..~:$$@### figuring  out  what  people deeply truly ###@$$:~..
..~:$$@@## want,  acquire it,  and  present  it  to ##@@$$:~..
..~:$$@@## them  on  a  silver   plate.   and  then ##@@$$:~..
....~~:$@@ threaten to hurt them if  they take it." @@$:~~....
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