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#,#,,,,,,#   SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE.   ,##,,#,,,#
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#,##,,#,##   GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE   ,,#,,,,##,
###,#,###,  ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE  ,,##,,,#,#
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,,#,###,,#   AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY   ,,,####,,#
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,,,,,,#,#,      THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL     ##,#,,#,#,
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,,,#,#####  WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ##,##,##,#
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,####,##,,    THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN   ##,##,##,#
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