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#,#,#,##,, I GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM, FOR  WHAT I ,######,,#
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,,,,,####, HAVE  SOME  AGENCY,  BUT  NOT WHILE  I'M #,,,,#####
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#,,,,,##,, ONE  OF THEM GOT  HIS VOCABULARY  SHRUNK ##,,#,#,,#
#,,,,#,#,# DOWN TO ONLY THE  WORD HE  FAILED TO SAY ,#,####,#,
#,,,######      (ROOFS? RUFUS?), MANY WERE JUST     ###,,,####
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