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......~~:$ maintenance time: pockets of  empty time $:~~......
.....~~:$%     between planck seconds, wherein      %$:~~.....
....~~:$%¤  mysterious entities do maintenance on   ¤%$:~~....
...~~:$%¤@               the universe.              @¤%$:~~...
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.~~:$%¤@@#         ... dark maintenance ...         #@@¤%$:~~.
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