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.......~:=             ::: clarinet :::             =:~.......
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.......... the  clarinet  is a darkish tube  with a ..........
.........~ blow hole and a music hole,  in separate ~.........
........~: ends.  on  it's  side   are  levers  and :~........
.......~:= buttons to guide its unfathomable power. =:~.......
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.....~:=%# it  was designed for humans  but  can be #%=:~.....
....~:=%#@ used   by   any   being   with   blowing @#%=:~....
...~:=%#@@ capabilities and at  least some fingers. @@#%=:~...
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.....~:=%# the  clarinet can  be thought  of  as  a #%=:~.....
......~:=% pasttime  or  a  tool,  but  also  as  a %=:~......
.......~:= weapon.  as  such  it has  been  used in =:~.......
........~: many  campaigns,  but  at  the  time  of :~........
.........~ writing  it  has  been   lost  for  over ~.........
..........               fourty years               ..........
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