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,,,,-=;*%£ YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN £%*;=-,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THEY GIVE ME FOOD: PRAWN-LIKE BUGS THAT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, MAKE MY TONGUE CURL WITH SATISFACTION. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FRAME OF REFERENCE. I EAT ONLY TWO, BUT ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,-=;*% ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH %*;=-,,,,,
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