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.&&.&..&.& did   you   know?   those   people   are ...&&...&.
.&.&&&.&&&  abstract. and with enough abstraction,  ...&.&..&&
&&&&..&&..  everything becomes a homogenous mass.   ...&&&&.&.
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.&..&&&&&&   health checkup, border control, palm   &&.&&..&..
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....&.&&.. we're  making a  delicious dragon. we're ..&&.&..&.
....&&&.&.    force-feeding it the entire human     &.&.&&&.&&
&...&..&&& genome.  (it's not cannibalism  if  done &&&&&..&&.
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&.&&&&&..& feel  the  girth  of the hugging  snake! &&&..&....
&&&....&.& and i am the charmer. a  single enetity, &..&.&&...
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