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.:-\%$@### THE SO CALLED "THIRD MIGRAINE". IT'S ###@$%\-:.
....:\\$@# LIKE A REGULAR MIGRAINE BUT IT DOES NOT #@$\\:....
...::-%$## HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS ##$%-::...
.:-\%$@### THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WOUND. ###@$%\-:.
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.:-\\%$$@# IT'S MASSAGING YOUR TEMPLES, PIERCING #@$$%\\-:.
.....-\$@# YOU, ENTERING YOUR BLOOD, CRACKING THE #@$\-.....
....-\$$@@ SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, @@$$\-....
.:-\%$@@@# PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE #@@@$%\-:.
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.....:\$@@ SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. @@$\:.....
...:\\$$## BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ##$$\\:...
...:---%@# ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, #@%---:...
.....--%@# EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL #@%--.....
.:-\\%$$## OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. ##$$%\\-:.
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.:-\%$@### IT'S RAINING SAP. ###@$%\-:.
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.....::\$@ MY LUNCH BREAK IS OVER AND I NEED TO @$\::.....
.:-\%$@### GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ###@$%\-:.
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.:-\\\$$## LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF.#\--- - ##$$\\\-:.
.:-\%$@### SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ###@$%\-:.
.:----\%$@ DOWN IN MY MIND (LIKE AN OPEN MIND / @$%\----:.
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....:\%@@# AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY #@@%\:....
.:-\%$@### MEMORY NEGATIVES, ###@$%\-:.
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.:---\%@@@ WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP @@@%\---:.
.:-\%$@@## IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ##@@$%\-:.
.:-\%@#### MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ####@%\-:.
.....:\$## LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ##$\:.....
.:-%$@#### THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ####@$%-:.
.:-\%$@### CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### CURFEW SIRENS. ###@$%\-:.
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.:-\%$@### ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ###@$%\-:.
.:-\%$@### TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ###@$%\-:.
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.:-\%$@@## RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ##@@$%\-:.
.:-\$@#### WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ####@$\-:.
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.:-\%$@### OR, IN SOME CASES, THE HOUSEOWNER HAD ###@$%\-:.
.....--%%@ THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN @%%--.....
..:::\%@## CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ##@%\:::..
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