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#@#¤&%†-.. and when it raises an arm, its fingers ..-†%&¤#@#
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##@#¤&†-.. lit by the sun! and this pleasure is to ..-†&¤#@##
#@#¤&%†-.. be shared, shared with others. ..-†%&¤#@#
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#@#¤&%†-.. now almost humanoid. although suddenly ..-†%&¤#@#
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#&†-...... by some internal fuel hostile to life. ......-†&#
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