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.^=\%¤¤¤&& YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN &&¤¤¤%\=^.
...^=\\%&# THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING #&%\\=^...
......==%& THEMSELVES. THERE IS A HUNGER IN THEM &%==......
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.^=\%¤&@## REALLY IRKS ME IS THAT SO DO I. ##@&¤%\=^.
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.^=\%¤&@## MADE OF SOME STRANGE STONE. THEIR ##@&¤%\=^.
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....^=%¤@@ THUNDERSTORMS TRAPPED IN GLASS, LIKE @@¤%=^....
......^=%& WINDOWS INTO A SMALLER WORLD, CLOSE TO &%=^......
......=%&& MY BODY SO THAT IT CAN SEE CLEARLY &&%=......
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.^=\%¤&@@@ FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT @@@&¤%\=^.
.^=\¤&@### THE BUGS LEAVE ME SUSPICIOUSLY ###@&¤\=^.
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.^=\\\%&&& ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH &&&%\\\=^.
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