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¨¨¨..¨¨,¨. spring.  and  even  though  that's  only .¨,¨¨..¨¨¨
¨,¨¨.¨¨,.. actually   true  at  a  belt  along  the ..,¨¨.¨¨,¨
,.,¨,,¨,..  circumference, that belt is precisely   ..,¨,,¨,.,
,¨..¨¨.,.¨          where the station is.           ¨.,.¨¨..¨,
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.¨¨,,¨,.¨¨  frost on the windows glowing yellow in  ¨¨.,¨,,¨¨.
,¨.¨,¨.,¨¨   the morning sun, small birds chirping  ¨¨,.¨,¨.¨,
.,.¨¨,.¨.,  from the young trees. patches of snow   ,.¨.,¨¨.,.
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¨.¨¨¨.,--*     faces, bringing us back from the     *--,.¨¨¨.¨
¨¨,¨.¨,-:%   depths; the nature of the night was    %:-,¨.¨,¨¨
.,.¨¨^-\%§    also different, as if the darkness    §%\-^¨¨.,.
.,,,,»†^£§  behind our eyelids was clearer and you  §£^†»,,,,.
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,¨¨,.»††%§ or tiles would've dropped off a roof. a  §%††».,¨¨,
,¨¨,..=;*%     few times electricity was out...     %*;=..,¨¨,
¨,,,¨.-»=*    usually then a dead mouse would be    *=»-.¨,,,¨
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