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#@$///~... ONLY THE FAINTEST TRACE REMAIN, ...~///$@#
@%/~...... EVENTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY WELL ......~/%@
#@@%//~~.. OF SOME SECOND RATE WATER PLANET. ..~~//%@@#
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##@@$%/~.. ALONE AND HASN'T EATEN YET. I TAKE THE ..~/%$@@##
##@@$%/~.. BACK ROUTE UP FROM THE BEACH TO AVOID ..~/%$@@##
##@@$%/~.. THE CROWD. SING A LITTLE TO MYSELF. ..~/%$@@##
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@$%~...... LIFE GETS TO PROSPER OUTSIDE OF.@/~~~ - ......~%$@
###@@$/~.. SUDDENLY, AN ACID FLASHBACK: I STEP ..~/$@@###
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##@@$%/~.. AND WADE IN SHADOWS... SURROUNDED BY ..~/%$@@##
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@$%/~~.... WE'RE CLOSING FOR THE EVENING. THE SHOP ....~~/%$@
#@$/~~.... IS IN THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A NARROW ....~~/$@#
###@$%/~.. MUDBRICK BUILDING, PAINTED TEAL. WE ..~/%$@###
#@$$//.... LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TOGETHER WITH ....//$$@#
@@@$%/~... THE OWNER. AS I CLOSE THE METAL ...~/%$@@@
@@$$$%/~.. CURTAIN, BEHIND ITS CHARACTERISTIC ..~/%$$$@@
@%%%%%/~.. SHARP RATTLING I CAN HEAR THE ..~/%%%%%@
@$$//..... CURFEW SIRENS. .....//$$@
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@$%~...... ENTRANCES IN THE DARK ALLEYWAYS, ......~%$@
@@@%/~.... WANTING IN, GETTING DESPERATE, LAPSING ....~/%@@@
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##@@$%/~.. WARNINGS, NEVER CLOSED THEIR WINDOWS... ..~/%$@@##
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##@@$%/~.. THE WINDOW BOLTS WEAKENED, AND WHEN ..~/%$@@##
##@@$%/~.. CLEANING UP THE AFTERMATH WOULD POCKET ..~/%$@@##
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