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.:~==&&¤¤¤ SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    ¤¤¤&&==~:.
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.:~==&¤### THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   ###¤&==~:.
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.:~==&¤### IN THIS METAPHORICAL SAND, BREATHING     ###¤&==~:.
....:===&¤ IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I    ¤&===:....
.:~==&¤### HEAR FLUTES, SINES, REPEATING THEMES     ###¤&==~:.
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.:~==&&&## EVAPORATING AND REFORMING.               ##&&&==~:.
.:~==&¤### AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ###¤&==~:.
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