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.:~=†¤#@@@ THE FEELING  FO "SOMETHIGN IS WRONG WITH @@@#¤†=~:.
....:~†¤@@ THE WORLD"   -  IN A  VERY PROFOUND WAY, @@¤†~:....
.:~=†¤#@@#   IN A DOUBT-YOUR-EVERY-QUALIA WAY, IT   #@@#¤†=~:.
.:~===¤#@@ NEVER DISSIPATED. JUST GREW  USED TO IT, @@#¤===~:.
.:~=†¤#@@@                NUMB TO IT                @@@#¤†=~:.
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.:~=†¤¤¤##   MAYBE EVEN FILTERED SUBCONSCIOUSLY TO  ##¤¤¤†=~:.
.:~=†¤#@@@     RELIEVE THE GROWING TENSION AND      @@@#¤†=~:.
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....:=¤¤#@ THAT'S  PERHAPS  THE  DRAW  OF  STORIES, @#¤¤=:....
..:~==¤¤#@  MYSTERIES AND "MAGISCAL REALISM", MOST  @#¤¤==~:..
.:~==††¤@@ HORROR   STORIES   EVEN   -   THERE   IS @@¤††==~:.
.:~=†¤#@@#    CONFIRMATION. SOMETHING REALLY :IS:   #@@#¤†=~:.
.....~==†# THERE. WHAT IT IS IS NOT  THAT IMPORTANT #†==~.....
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