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¨^~*=£#@@@ almost hostile.  i can feel them squirm, @@@#£=*~^¨
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¨^~*=£#@##     thirty seconds i'm normal again,     ##@#£=*~^¨
¨^~*=£#### doubting  anything  of this  happened in ####£=*~^¨
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¨^~*=£#@## i guess?  i  shouldn't  be  so  reckless ##@#£=*~^¨
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¨^~*=£#@## i  imagine a  prick on  the nose, that's ##@#£=*~^¨
¨^~*=£#@## what these are. like  you do  with a cat ##@#£=*~^¨
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