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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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