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.¤¤¤¤¤¤... of sweden. the salt flats span for ..¤..¤¤¤¤.
..¤¤¤¤..¤¤ hundreds of miles. from a narrow line ......¤¤..
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......¤¤¤¤ the crystals and shoots north, like a .¤¤¤..¤¤..
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...¤¤¤¤... they call it the "mandelbrot crater", .¤¤.......
¤¤..¤¤..¤¤ and it is the rest of a mining disaster. ....¤¤¤¤¤¤
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.......¤¤¤ fractures into villages or past them. .....¤¤¤¤.
¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤ 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 ..........
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