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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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