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#@@¤%%:~,¨ THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ¨,~:%%¤@@#
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#@@¤%%:~,¨ 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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