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@@@@,,,,@@     MAYBE I'M BORN WITH IT!     ††††     ,,@@@@@@,,
,@@,,@@,,@     MAYBE IT'S CAT PISS!      ††††       ,,,@@@@,,,
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@@@@,,@@@@         ††††     FEAR OF AI IS THE TRUTH ,,@@,,@@,,
,@@,,,,@@@       ††††  LEAKING IN BUT STILL COLORED ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,@@,,@@     ††††   BY THE SIMULATION. IN REALITY @@@@@@@@@@
,@@,,,,,,,   ††††          THE MYCELIAL NETWORK HAS ,@@@@@@@@,
,,,,@@@@@@ ††††   OVERTAKEN EARTH AND PUT US UNDER. ,,@@@@@@,,
@@@,,@@@@, ††               IT'S P. MUCH THE MATRIX ,,,@@@@,,@
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,,,@@,,,,@ THIS IS WHY THE  COLLECTIVE SUBCONSCIOUS ,,,,,,,@@,
@@,,,,@@,, WORKS.  SIMILARLY,  HISTORY  IS   ALWAYS @@@@@@,,,,
,,,@@,,,,@ DEFINED  BY   WHAT   WE   THINK  IT  IS. ,@@@@,,@@,
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,,,@@,,,,@ BATTLE  BETWEEN  FUNGAL SPECIES?  ARE WE ,,,,,@@@@,
@@,,,,@@,, TOO  POWERFUL  AND   WILL   CREATE   THE @@@@,,@@,,
,,,@@,,,,, MUSHROOM  AGAIN,««««««««  «   «  INSIDE? @@@,,,,,,,
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@,,@@,,@@@ DREAMS  ARE OF THE NETWORK.  "GATEWAY TO ,,,,,@@@@@
,,,,,,,,@@ OLD  EARTH".  MAYBE  OUTER/INNER  EARTH. @@@@,,@@@@
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,,@@@@,,,, IN  THIS  REALITY  THERE  ARE  ONLY  TWO ,,,,@@,,,,
@,,@@,,@@@ MATERIALS:    "PLASTIC"   AND    "FRUIT" ,@@,,,,@@@
,,,,,,,,@@ «    (BASSICALLY    INORGANIC   AND    « ,,,,@@,,@@
,@@@@@@,,@ «    «    ORGANIC    MATERIALS)   «    « @@@,,,,,,,
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,,,@@,,@@@ I'D PAY IN BLOOD  TO THIN OUT THE BORDER ,,,,,@@@@,
@@,,,,,,@@ BETWEEN   DREAM   AND  REALITY.  BETWEEN @@@@,,@@,,
,,,@@@@,,@ DREAM AND DREAM.  LAST ONE TOLD  ME THAT @@@,,,,,,,
@@,,@@,,,, WORK WAS CAGING ME  IN A DAMP  AND  OILY @@,,@@@@@@
@,,,,,,@@, BASEMENT   JAIL   CELL.   «   «   «   «« ,,,,,@@@@@
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,,,@@,,@@, THEY  BRAINWASH ME AT WORK BY HAVING  MY ,@@,,,,@@,
@@,,,,,,,, PASSWORD  BE BAD  FOR MY  FINGERS, MAKES ,,,,@@,,,,
,,,@@@@@@@ ME PHYSICALLY ILL TO TYPE  IT,  AND THEN @@@,,,,@@,
@@,,@@@@@@ THEY REJECT FOURTY  PERCENT  OF MY LOGIN @@,,@@,,,,
,,,,,@@@@, ATTEMPTS  TO   HAVE  ME  TYPE  IT  MORE, ,,,,,,,@@,
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,@@,,,,,,, I CALL  AN EMERGENCY HOTLINE:  "WE CAN'T @@@@@,,@@,
,,,,@@@@@@ TELL  YOU  WHAT'S  WRONG WITH YOU.  YOUR @@@@,,,,,,
@@@,,@@@@@ STORY   IS   YOUR  OWN,  NOBODY  ELSES." ,@@,,@@@@@
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