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.:~\$&§@##  soothe.dream                            ##@§&$\~:.
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.:~\\$&&&@                                          @&&&$\\~:.
.....:~\&@   i find myself using soothing magic.    @&\~:.....
.:~\$&§@##   this is bad. it's only eleven forty,   ##@§&$\~:.
...:~~~$§@ and i have to stay in the work mill for  @§$~~~:...
....~\$§@@            many hours to come.           @@§$\~....
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....:::~$§     the tricks are always needed come    §$~:::....
.:~\$&§@##   evening, to cope, to remain a living   ##@§&$\~:.
.:~\$&§@##   being in spite all this, the state of  ##@§&$\~:.
..:~\\&&§§      it... an act of personal quiet      §§&&\\~:..
.....~$&§@          rebellion, to survive.          @§&$~.....
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:~\$&§@###  but now i've used the magic too early.  ###@§&$\~:
.:~$&§@###  it will wane off and become powerless.  ###@§&$~:.
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.:~~~~~$§§       i am religious at sunrise and      §§$~~~~~:.
...::~~$§§   existentialist at sundown. then i go   §§$~~::...
.:~\$&§@##  home, my mana wasted on the capricous   ##@§&$\~:.
.:~\$&§@##   pursuits of the enemy, my employer.    ##@§&$\~:.
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