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###§%*;»~¨ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ¨~»;*%§###
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###§%*;»~¨ SKULL OPEN. A PAW GRIPS YOUR BRAIN, ¨~»;*%§###
###§%*;»~¨ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ¨~»;*%§###
#§%*;~¨¨¨¨ COSMOS. ¨¨¨¨~;*%§#
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###§%*;»~¨ THERE'S COMETS! SPACE ODDITIES. ¨~»;*%§###
§§§§%*;»~¨ SOLITARY OSCILLATIONS. CARRIER WAVE. ¨~»;*%§§§§
###§%*;»~¨ BURNED AWAY BY THE SUNS RADIATION UNTIL ¨~»;*%§###
###§%*;»~¨ ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, ¨~»;*%§###
###§%*;»~¨ EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL ¨~»;*%§###
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###§%*;»~¨ WE'RE GETTING SWEET AND WET ¨~»;*%§###
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###§%*;»~¨ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¨~»;*%§###
§**»~~¨¨¨¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨¨¨¨~~»**§
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§%;~¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~;%§
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§*»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»*§
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###§%*;»~¨ CURFEW SIRENS. ¨~»;*%§###
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#%*;~¨¨¨¨¨ WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING ¨¨¨¨¨~;*%#
###§%*;»~¨ ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ¨~»;*%§###
###§%*;»~¨ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ¨~»;*%§###
###§%*;»~¨ TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ¨~»;*%§###
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###§%*;»~¨ RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ¨~»;*%§###
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