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.:=*$†$££@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it @££$†$*=:.
,:»;*¤£### carries with it smells from far away, ###£¤*;»:,
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,-~:†@*@¤# sharp contrast for the stale black of #¤@*@†:~-,
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.,»†$&@### snicker a bit. you usually get old ###@&$†»,.
.,~;%¤#### before you learn the trade enough to ####¤%;~,.
..~;%*@@@# take other people. but i do lead them #@@@*%;~..
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¨.»^*§£#@# know what year it is. every page is a #@#£§*^».¨
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,...:=*£@¶ reordered, some names i have never ¶@£*=:...,
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,^~=%&@### too quick, spilling all my notes on the ###@&%=~^,
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..:-;/&¤## drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ##¤&/;-:..
.-~:%§§@@# care less right now. #@@§§%:~-.
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