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§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ over              the               sea. §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
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§§§¨§§§¨¨§ hundreds of miles. from  a  narrow  line ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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§§§§§¨¨¨¨¨ syringe       into       a       baloon. ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§§
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§¨§§§¨¨¨§§ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. §¨§§¨§§§§¨
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§§§¨§¨§¨§¨ the  people  here  are pale  but  crisp, §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§§ reflections    of   some   other   world ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
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§§¨¨¨¨§§¨§ they always seem  a bit annoyed that you §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ are  manifesting  them   into   physical §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨¨§§§¨§§ form.  like  if  you weren't here,  they §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§§¨§ would  be  nothing  more  than  the  sun §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§§§§¨§¨§§¨ against           the           platform §¨¨¨¨§§§¨§
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§¨¨¨§§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§§§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨§¨§¨§§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§§§§§§¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨§§¨§