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§%§\=,¨¨¨¨ HURT THERE'S NO PAIN, THE COSMOS IS ¨¨¨¨,=\§%§
%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ THERE AND IT'S DRAINING THE EVIL ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
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#@¶§%§\=,¨ PLAYS WITH IT, PULLS IT OUT INTO THE ¨,=\§%§¶@#
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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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%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ GET BACK TO THE SHOP. LYNNE IS THERE ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
§%§\=,¨¨¨¨ ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ¨¨¨¨,=\§%§
¶§%§\=,¨¨¨ BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ¨¨¨,=\§%§¶
@¶§%§\=,¨¨ THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ¨¨,=\§%§¶@
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¶§%§\=,¨¨¨ SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ¨¨¨,=\§%§¶
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%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ FRACTAL STINGER / BISMUTH STAIRCASE) ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
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§%§\=,¨¨¨¨ MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ¨¨¨¨,=\§%§
%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
§\=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\§
%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
§%§\=,¨¨¨¨ SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ¨¨¨¨,=\§%§
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#@¶§%§\=,¨ WORMY STREET WOLVES OUTSIDE, CHASING ¨,=\§%§¶@#
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¶§%§\=,¨¨¨ WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ¨¨¨,=\§%§¶
§%§\=,¨¨¨¨ TO SEARCH HIGHER, ON ROOFS, CLIMBING ON ¨¨¨¨,=\§%§
%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ BALCONIES. AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE SOME ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
§\=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ RECKLESS TOURIST WHO DIDN'T HEED THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\§
%§\=,¨¨¨¨¨ WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ¨¨¨¨¨,=\§%
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#@¶§%§\=,¨ CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ¨,=\§%§¶@#
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