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,:«===@@## these days. us locals are now only good ##@@===«:,
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,:«=%@¤### ¤ turned into a strange chemical. ¤ ###¤@%=«:,
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,:«=%@¤### water we drink, and the forests where ###¤@%=«:,
,:«=%@#### we hunt and forage, is called pfa, and ####@%=«:,
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,:«=%@¤### actively changing their molecular ###¤@%=«:,
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