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..-=^§%@## ENVELOP ME IN NOISE... A SANDSTORM OF    ##@%§^=-..
...-=^§%@# SOUND... AND SURE ENOUGH, BETWEEN THE    #@%§^=-...
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...-=^§%@# DISTANT WAILING SIRENS, COMING CLOSER    #@%§^=-...
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.-=^§%@### THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING, PERFUMING   ###@%§^=-.
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....-=^§%@ THE PHONE RINGING, A CERTAIN PHONE FROM  @%§^=-....
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.-=^§%@### AND AT TIMES, WHEN I'M ALMOST DROWNING   ###@%§^=-.
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...-=^§%@# IT, THE VEIL IS NEXT TO BREACHED... I    #@%§^=-...
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.-=^§%@### AND NOT REALLY TOUCHING MY EARDRUMS.     ###@%§^=-.
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