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###@§†=«,¨ RIBS RADIATING OUTWARD. EVEN SO, IT'S ¨,«=†§@###
###@§†=«,¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY ¨,«=†§@###
###@§†=«,¨ THE HEIGHT OF A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ¨,«=†§@###
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@†=«¨¨¨¨¨¨ HEIGHT. TIME CAN GET DIFFRACTED IN ¨¨¨¨¨¨«=†@
###@§†=«,¨ THESE, HITTING EACH IN TURN IN A ¨,«=†§@###
##@@§†=«,¨ SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND ¨,«=†§@@##
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