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##¶£%§^=^. slowly  start   to   piece  together  my .^=^§%£¶##
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¶£§^^=.... almost hostile. i can feel  them squirm, ....=^^§£¶
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###¶£§^=^. language,  sentences  i can't hide from, .^=^§£¶###
##¶£%§^=^. forcefully  transcribed in my mind,  and .^=^§%£¶##
¶¶%^^.....           doing damage there.            .....^^%¶¶
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###¶%§^=^.             almost mocking.              .^=^§%¶###
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##¶£%§^=^.     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     .^=^§%£¶##
¶££%%§^=^. doubting anything  of this  happened  in .^=^§%%££¶
##¶£%§^=^.             the first place.             .^=^§%£¶##
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##¶£%§^=^. i    don't    know    what    to   make. .^=^§%£¶##
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##¶£%§^=^.              but i'm tired.              .^=^§%£¶##
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