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.......,~/ * [FIVE MINUTES AFTER] SECOND SUNRISE * /~,.......
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.....,~/*% * IT IS THE SUNRISE FOLLOWING * %*/~,.....
....,~/*%§ * THE FIRST SUNSET EXPERIENCED DURING * §%*/~,....
...,~/*%§¶ * A SINGLE WAKING PERIOD. * ¶§%*/~,...
..,~/*%§¶# *,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,* #¶§%*/~,..
.,~/*%§¶## ##¶§%*/~,.
..,~/*%§¶# YOU'RE ONE STEP INWARD, DOWNWARD: LIGHT #¶§%*/~,..
...,~/*%§¶ FALLS FROM A STRANGE DIRECTION, ¶§%*/~,...
....,~/*%§ ILLUMINATING THE FOREST DIFFERENTLY. §%*/~,....
.....,~/*% FAMILIAR PLACES HAVE OTHER CONTOURS. %*/~,.....
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.......,~/ THERE'S USUALLY A PREVAILING ROTTEN /~,.......
........,~ SMELL, ALMOST SWEET. THIS WOULD BE THE ~,........
........., OVER-RIPE BELLY OF THE PREVIOUS DAY. ,.........
.......... SOME COME TO LIKE IT; I DON'T. ..........
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.......... FINALLY, THERE'S A FALSE STRENGTH, A ..........
.......... FOOLS STRENGTH. GIVEN TO YOU BY THE AIR ..........
.......... AND THE LIGHT. BUT IT'S TREACHEROUS. ..........
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........,~ ITS PURPOSE IS TO LURE YOU ON DARK ~,........
.......,~/ ERRANDS, BUT IT DOESN'T CARE FOR YOU. /~,.......
......,~/* THE "FAIRY'S TAILWIND" WILL SHIFT */~,......
.....,~/*% WITHOUT WARNING AS SOON AS IT FINDS A %*/~,.....
....,~/*%§ MORE PROMISING SUBJECT, LEAVING YOU §%*/~,....
...,~/*%§¶ WASHED UP IN UNKNOWN PLACES WITHOUT THE ¶§%*/~,...
..,~/*%§¶# MEANS OF A RETURN. #¶§%*/~,..
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...,~/*%§¶ % DETRITUS SOURCE % ¶§%*/~,...
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