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,,,,,,,,,, YOU." I DON'T QUITE LIKE THE TONE IN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THEIR VOICES, LIKE THEY ARE RESTRAINING ,,,,,,,,,,
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*»~,,,,,,, "OUT OF THIS WORLD", I THINK, HAVING NO ,,,,,,,~»*
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,,,,,,,,,, THEY MEASURE MY CLOTHES. "YOU ARE GOING ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, TO BECOME ABOUT HALF AS BIG", THEY TELL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ME, BARELY CONTROLLING THEMSELVES WITH ,,,,,,,,,,
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